Postural taping decreases thoracic kyphosis but does not influence trunk muscle electromyographic activity or balance in women with osteoporosis

Manual Therapy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 249-257

  Greig, Alison M ^a   Bennell, Kim L ^a   Briggs, Andrew M ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Osteoporosis; Postural taping; Thoracic kyphosis; Vertebral fracture

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTURAL TAPING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STANDING; THORACIC SPINE; TIME; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; BANDAGES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; OSTEOPOROSIS, POSTMENOPAUSAL; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 41749114734     PISSN: 1356689X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.math.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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