Lateral curvature of the spine and round shoulders . part ofthe person giving the exercises, and permits a closer supervision of theback than is possible when part of the attention must be fixed onholding the patient firmly. The apparatus, which was suggested by that of Bade,^ consists of awooden clamp made by two flat boards set at right angles to a hori-zontal board on which they slide to hold the sides of a pelvis of anywidth. The whole apparatus moves up and down on an uprightfastened to a large round floor platform and may be inclined at anyangle to the horizontal plane. The patient is se
Lateral curvature of the spine and round shoulders . part ofthe person giving the exercises, and permits a closer supervision of theback than is possible when part of the attention must be fixed onholding the patient firmly. The apparatus, which was suggested by that of Bade,^ consists of awooden clamp made by two flat boards set at right angles to a hori-zontal board on which they slide to hold the sides of a pelvis of anywidth. The whole apparatus moves up and down on an uprightfastened to a large round floor platform and may be inclined at anyangle to the horizontal plane. The patient is secured in place bysliding in and fastening the lateral clamps at the sides of the pelvis, ^ Zeitsch. f. orth. Chir., xii, 4, 799. 138 TREATMENT and by securing the front of the pelvis by a broad leather strap pass-ing from one arm to the other. The floor platform is so large thatthe apparatus cannot upset (Fig. 94). General Routine and —It is desirable that the backshould be exposed during the exercises in order to note the effect of.
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