Draft design of a rehabilitation aid for patients with acute painful fractures of vertebrae.
OBJECTIVE
To model the influence of abduction and adduction of the upper limb on the spinal load with the help of the laws of theoretical mechanics and the application of its results in clinical medicine.
Biomechanical model of an upper limb is demonstrated as a construction consisting of a lever arm and a joint connection in articulation of the shoulder joint.


CONCLUSIONS
Our application of results of the spine load modelling in relation to excess upper limbs load: A) designing a methodology of active therapy aimed at exercising upper limbs for osteoporotic patients, B) the application of basic principles of motoric activity in daily life, C) the draft design of a rehabilitation aid for patients with acute painful fractures of vertebrae in the thoracic area (Fig. 5, Ref. 17).
Department of Osteological Surgery, University Hospital and Policlinic, Bratislava, Slovakia. jwendlova@chello.sk
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D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D001915:Braces; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000150:complications; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000503:physiopathology; D016103:Spinal Fractures / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*