TY - JOUR A2 - Shukitt-Hale, Barbara AU - Raeissadat, Seyed Ahmad AU - Sedighipour, Leyla AU - Pournajaf, Safura AU - Vahab Kashani, Reza AU - Sadeghi, Shahram PY - 2014 DA - 2014/03/06 TI - Effect of Posture Training with Weighted Kypho-Orthosis (WKO) on Improving Balance in Women with Osteoporosis SP - 427903 VL - 2014 AB - Objectives. To determine the effect of weighted kypho-orthosis (WKO) on improving balance in women with osteoporosis. In this nonrandomized controlled clinical trial, 31 patients with osteoporosis were included. The patients were assigned to two groups: (1) control group who received 4-week home-based daily exercise program including weight bearing, back strengthening, and balance exercises and (2) intervention group (WKO) who performed aforementioned exercises and wore WKO for one hour twice a day. Patients were assessed using clinical balance tests (timed up and go test, functional reach test, and unilateral balance test) before and 4 weeks after start of treatment. Results. Functional reach and timed up and go test were improved significantly in both groups compared to baseline. The improvement in intervention group was more significant in comparison to control group (P<0.05). Discussion. Posture training with WKO together with exercise program improved two clinical balance tests in women with osteoporosis. Conclusion. Posture training support (PTS) applied as WKO together with back extension exercises can be prescribed as an intervention in elderly women in order to reduce the risk of falling. SN - 2090-2204 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/427903 DO - 10.1155/2014/427903 JF - Journal of Aging Research PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -