Relationship of thoracic kyphosis to functional reach and lower-extremity joint range of motion and muscle length in women with osteoporosis or osteopenia: A pilot study

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-306

  Chow, Shingpui Betty ^a   Moffat, Marilyn ^b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Balance; Kyphosis; Muscle length; Osteoporosis; Range of motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GONIOMETRY; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KYPHOSIS; MUSCLE LENGTH; OSTEOPENIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE;

EID: 8744229666     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200410000-00009     Document Type: Article

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