Veiskarami, Masoumeh and Aboutorabi, Atefeh and Mohammadi, Rasool and Gholami, Mehrdad and Khamesi, Ebrahim (2024) The effect of elderly-specific spinal orthoses on muscle function and kyphosis angle in elderly subjects: systematic review and meta-analysis. Disabil Rehabil.
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Purpose: Age-related postural hyper-kyphosis is an exaggerated anterior curvature of the thoracic spine, that impairs balance and increases the risk of falls and fractures in elderly subjects. Our objectives are to review the effect of elderly-specific spinal orthoses on muscle function and kyphosis angle in this subjects. Materials and methods: We searched PubMed, Scopus, ISI web of Knowledge, ProQuest and Cochrane library to identify relevant studies that assessed efficacy of spinal orthoses on muscle function and kyphosis angle of elderly subjects with elderly with hyper-kyphosis. Quality assessment was implemented using the Downs and Black scale. Results: Results for 709 individuals were described in 18 articles which 12 studies involved RCT. There was significant difference for kyphosis angle after use of orthosis of 148 participants (SMD: -3.79, 95% CI -7.02 to -0.56, p < 0.01). Except one study, all of studies showed significantly increased on the back muscle strength when the participants wore the spinal orthosis and this effect was significantly better in long-term follow up (MD: 84.73; 95% CIs, 23.24 to 146.23; p < 0.01). In the outcome of pain, the efficacy brought by orthosis was large and significant (SMD: -1.66; 95% CIs, -2.39 to 0.94; p < 0.01). Conclusions: Spinal orthosis may be an effective treatment for elderly hyper-kyphosis. However, the small number, and heterogeneity of the included studies, indicate that higher-quality studies should be conducted to verify the effectiveness and orthosis in hyper-kyphosis.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Medicine |
| Depositing User: | lorestan university |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2024 04:17 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2024 04:17 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lums.ac.ir/id/eprint/4833 |
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