Vnitr Lek 2010, 56(7):759-763

Biofeedback load technique in the rehabilitation of osteoporotic patients (Biomechanical analysis)

J. Wendlová

Osteology Unit, Derer's University Hospital and Policlinic Bratislava, Slovakia, head Ass. Prof. Jaroslava Wendlová, MD, PhD.

Based on a simple biomechanical analysis, available to physicians, the article recommends carrying a backpack regularly as a part of the complex rehabilitation of osteoporotic patients. Carrying a backpack in front or on the back is recommended for patients with uncomplicated osteoporosis, carrying a backpack only on the back is recommended for patients with osteporotic vertebrae fractures. The importance of carrying a backpack is based upon remove the muscular dysbalance of the trunk muscles and upon increasing the bone strength by compressive force acting upon the vertebrae and proximal femur and activating osteoblasts to osteoformation. The backpack load magnitude is differentiated - patients with vertebrae fractures put a weight up to 1 kg into the backpack, patients without vertebrae fractures up to 2 kg.

Keywords: osteoporosis; vertebral fracture; biomechanics; rehabilitation; backpack; muscular dysbalance

Received: May 17, 2010; Published: July 1, 2010  Show citation