Feedback Training Improves Compliance with Sternal Precaution Guidelines during Functional Mobility: Implications for Optimizing Recovery in Older Patients after Median Sternotomy
Patients often need to use their arms to assist with functional activities, but after open heart surgery, pushing with the arms is limited to <10 lb (4.5 kg) to help minimize force across the healing sternum. The main purposes of this study were to determine if older patients (>60 years old) (...
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Main Authors: | Ansel LaPier, Kimberly Cleary |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2021-01-01
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Series: | Applied Bionics and Biomechanics |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/8889502 |
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