title: [Muscular retraction in the elderly. Effect on posture maintenance and mobility. Proposed global physiotherapeutic treatment].
abstract: Muscle retraction at the level of the trunk and the lower limbs represents a curable cause of balance and walking disorders, as well as falls, in the older person; therefore it deserves to be recognised, assessed and treated so that elderly patients' independence can be preserved. After making the diagnosis of muscle retraction it is possible to implement a treatment regime which we have evaluated using two indicators which clearly show a functional improvement in walking and risk of falling.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Riviera, site de Mottex, Blonay.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Quinet
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Piessevaux-Lerch
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yersin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ogiz-Zingre
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rivier
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pfister
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011187:Posture; D016138:Walking