Effect of Different Sitting Postures on Lung Capacity, Expiratory Flow, and Lumbar Lordosis To investigate the effect of sitting posture on lung capacity and expiratory flow (LC-EF) and lumbar lordosis. Postures were assumed randomly: normal, with full ischial support and fl
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The Neurochemically Diverse Intermedius Nucleus of the Medulla as a Source of Excitatory and Inhibitory Synaptic Input to the Nucleus Tractus Solitarii Sensory afferent signals from neck muscles have been postulated to influence central cardiorespiratory control as component
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Gait characteristics of elderly people with a history of falls: a dynamic approach. This study investigated changes in the kinematics of elderly people who experienced at least one fall 6 months prior to data collection. The authors hypothesized that, in order to decrease va
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Changes in sitting posture affect shoulder range of motion. Changes in sitting posture affect shoulder ROMs in all directions tested. Greater changes in shoulder ROMs were associated with greater increase in thoracic kyphosis. These findings suggest that even subtle changes
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Postural Instability in Early-Stage Idiopathic Scoliosis in Adolescent Girls AIS is related to disorders of postural control with potential involvement of vestibular, proprioceptive, and visual input. So far no assessment of postural control has been done in an AIS populatio
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The control of upright postural stance in young, elderly and persons with Parkinson’s disease. The aims of the present study are twofold: (1) to compare the postural control mechanisms of young and elderly people as well as in Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients during
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