THORACIC HYPERKYPHOSIS DOES NOT INFLUENCE THE BALANCE IN SEDENTARY ELDERLY
ABSTRACT Objective: Evaluate and correlate balance and thoracic hyperkyphosis in sedentary elderly people. Methods: 61 elderly, 14 men and 47 women, mean age of 78.03 ± 9.34, mean weight of 67.80 kg ± 12.82, and mean height of 1.58 m ± 0.09. Balance assessment was performed using the Berg Balance...
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Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Coluna (SBC)
2022-10-01
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Series: | Coluna/Columna |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-18512022000300207&lng=en&tlng=en |