Shoulder and Thoracic Spine Mobility are Impaired in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Objectives: To assess the impact of increased thoracic kyphosis on pulmonary function and functional capacity in children and adolescents with cystic ibrosis (CF) and

The indications of vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are to the treatment of tumors in the spine bone and the thoracic pain reduction from fractures of the lumbar vertebral bodies

purpose of this study was to analyze the test-retest reliabil- ity of an instrument to verify the presence and intensity of pain in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine in

Although a decrease in diaphragmatic mobility and an increase in thoracic kyphosis are common in patients with COPD, it has yet to be determined whether patients with an

rotated or tilted head, elevated shoulder and pelvis, valgus or varus knee, head protraction, alterations of the thoracic spine, anteriorized shoulders, pelvis in anteversion,

Based on the diferent forms of functional restric- tions that diseases and therapies submit to the spine, this study aimed at adapting a thoracic orthosis in rats, in order to

All showed extensive malsegmentation of the entire spine (puzzle-like vertebrae) associated with ill-defined cervical spine abnormalities and asymmetry of the thoracic malformation

ABSTRACT - Spinal cord compressing syndrome due to synovial cyst (SC) of the thoracic spine is a rare clin- ic condition.. We report a case of SC located in the thoracic spine