Clinical biomechanics
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Clinical biomechanics · Jun 2004
Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical TrialGait coordination in pregnancy: transverse pelvic and thoracic rotations and their relative phase.
To examine the effects of pregnancy on the coordination of transverse pelvic and thoracic rotations during gait. ⋯ The present study shows that gait in healthy pregnancy is remarkably normal, but some differences in pelvis-thorax coordination were detected. In healthy pregnancy, anti-phase pelvis-thorax coordination appears difficult, but less so than in pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain. Better understanding of gait in healthy pregnancy may provide insight into the gait problems of women with pregnancy-related pelvic girdle pain.
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Clinical biomechanics · Jun 2004
Comparative StudyThe mechanical effects of intervertebral disc lesions.
To determine the mechanical effect of individual concentric tears, radial tears and rim lesions of the intervertebral disc anulus. ⋯ These changes may lead to overloading of the spinal ligaments, muscles and zygapophysial joints, possibly damaging these structures. This suggests a mechanism for a cycle of degeneration that is instigated by small changes in the mechanical integrity of the intervertebral disc.