Immediate effects of a rucksack type orthosis on the elderly with decreased lumbar lordosis during standing and walking

Electromyography and Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-61

  Ishida, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, S ^b   Yanagawa, H ^a   Kawasaki, M ^a   Kobayashi, Y ^a   Amano, Y ^a  

^a Shukumo Clinic   (Japan)

^b KAWASAKI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Electromyography; Rucksack type orthosis; Spinal curvature

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ORTHOSIS; SPINE STABILIZATION; STANDING; WALKING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; POSTURE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WALKING;

EID: 38949098303     PISSN: 0301150X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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