title: Biomechanical conditions for maintaining body balance in kinesitherapy of osteoporotic patients.
abstract: Regularities of mechanical conditions of body's static and dynamic balance are applied not only in movement techniques of sports events, but also in setting up exercises for osteoporotic patients. It is important to set up exercises in which the patient takes such a position where the forces acting upon him (action forces) are in balance with the forces generated in the patient's musculoskeletal system (reaction forces). On the basis of biomechanical analysis of conditions for maintaining a trainee's body balance in training position, we point out the importance of individual exercise in sitting and prone positions led by a rehabilitation instructor, aiming at the removal of muscular dysbalance, before including the patient in group exercise. Following the preparatory exercise, the patient gains greater muscular strength and is able to keep balanced positions easier while standing. The patient's performance in exercise increases and the risk of falling during group exercise diminishes. The aim of the article is to motivate rehabilitation instructors to set up an erudite methodology of kinesitherapy while meeting the conditions of proportional load of musculoskeletal system of osteoporotic patients, based on the principles of biomechanics (Tab. 2, Fig. 1, Ref. 10).
authors.affiliation: University Derer's Hospital and Policlinic, Osteological Centre, Bratislava, Slovakia. jwendlova@mail.t-com.sk
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wendlova
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000503:physiopathology; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004856:Postural Balance