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Efficacy of a trunk orthosis with joints providing resistive force on low back load during level walking in elderly persons

PURPOSE: The effects of lumbosacral and spinal orthoses on low back pain and gait are not exactly clear. We previously developed a trunk orthosis with joints providing resistive force on low back load to decrease such load, and confirmed its positive effects during level walking in healthy young adu...

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Autores principales: Katsuhira, Junji, Matsudaira, Ko, Oka, Hiroyuki, Iijima, Shinno, Ito, Akihiro, Yasui, Tadashi, Yozu, Arito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5108480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27877028
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S108033