Effects of Knight-Taylor brace on balance performance in osteoporotic patients with vertebral compression fracture

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Liaw, Mei Yun ^a   Chen, Chia Ling ^b   Chen, Jung Fu ^b   Tang, Fuk Tan ^b   Wong, Alice May Kuen ^b   Ho, Huei Huang ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Computerized dynamic posturography; Knight Taylor spinal brace; Osteoporosis; Vertebral compression fracture

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BONE DENSITY; BRACE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HUMAN; KNIGHT TAYLOR BRACE; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STABILOGRAPHY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROSIS; POSTURAL BALANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 67650269687     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-2009-0218     Document Type: Review

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