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Efficacy of a trunk orthosis with joints providing resistive force on low-back load in elderly persons during static standing

PURPOSE: Postural alignment of elderly people becomes poor due to aging, possibly leading to low-back pain and spinal deformity. Although there are several interventions for treating these conditions, no previous study has reported the effectiveness of a spinal orthosis or lumbosacral orthosis (LSO)...

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Autores principales: Katsuhira, Junji, Matsudaira, Ko, Yasui, Tadashi, Iijima, Shinno, Ito, Akihiro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4562746/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26366062
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S85294