Gisele Harumi Hotta, Débora Pinheiro Aguiar, Gabriella Coelho Vieira de Melo Alves, Liana Praça Oliveira, Marie Aquino Melo de Leopoldino, Jefferson Pacheco Amaral Fortes, Francisco Carlos de Mattos Brito Oliveira, Francisco Fleury Uchoa Santos
INTRODUCTION: Functional incapacity caused by physical alterations leads to significant limitations in daily activities and has a major impact on the return of people with disabilities to the social space and the workplace. This calls for an evaluation of the long-term influence of the use of a device specially developed for orthostatic posture on the physiological, biomechanical and functional parameters of amputees and spinal cord patients. OBJECTIVE: The objective was evaluate the effect of postural support device use on function, pain, and biomechanical and cardiologic parameters in spinal cord injury and amputees patients compared to a control group...
2024: Acta Ortopedica Brasileira