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- Title
Comparação da prova de função pulmonar e da força muscular respiratória entre idosas osteoporóticas com e sem fratura vertebral torácica.
- Authors
Matos, Areolino Pena; Ferraz, Natalia Vieira Abbenante; Fagundes, Felipe Ribeiro Cabral; da Silva Junior, Rubens Alexandre; Pires-Oliveira, Deise A. A.; Oliveira, Rodrigo Franco
- Abstract
Introduction: Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by decreased bone mass, resulting in fractures, which may occur in the thoracic vertebrae, causing changes in respiratory mechanics, impairing lung function. Objectives: To compare the spirometric, respiratory muscle strength and angle of thoracic kyphosis among elderly osteoporotic vertebral fractures with and without chest. Methods: The sample was divided into group A, elderly women with thoracic vertebral fracture (n = 5) and group B, older chest without vertebral fracture (n = 7). All were assessed by spirometry, manometer, and anthropometric measurements of the thoracic curvature. Results: The results showed an increase in thoracic curvature and a decrease in lung function in Group A compared with Group B and respiratory muscle strength deficit in Group A. Conclusion: The thoracic kyphosis deformity, caused by osteoporotic fractures, affects both the respiratory and musculoskeletal system.
- Subjects
OSTEOPOROSIS; DISEASES in older women; MUSCLE strength; PHYSICAL fitness; BONE fractures
- Publication
ConScientiae Saúde, 2011, Vol 10, Issue 2, p270
- ISSN
1677-1028
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5585/ConsSaude.v10i2.2492