Lateral curvature of the spine and round shoulders . Fig. 144.—Radiogram of Patient Shown in Fig. 138 after Wearing CorrectiveJacket for over one Year. (March, 1907.) Jackets of either kind should be tested for efficiency by measuringthe height of the patient with and without the jacket. Without thejacket the patient places the hands on the hips and pushes up, mak-ing himself as tall as possible, and his height is taken in this posi-tion. The jacket is then applied and the patients height is againtaken. If the jacket does not hold him in as good a position as esti-mated by the greatest height
Lateral curvature of the spine and round shoulders . Fig. 144.—Radiogram of Patient Shown in Fig. 138 after Wearing CorrectiveJacket for over one Year. (March, 1907.) Jackets of either kind should be tested for efficiency by measuringthe height of the patient with and without the jacket. Without thejacket the patient places the hands on the hips and pushes up, mak-ing himself as tall as possible, and his height is taken in this posi-tion. The jacket is then applied and the patients height is againtaken. If the jacket does not hold him in as good a position as esti-mated by the greatest height the patient can possibly assume with MECHANICAL OBJECTIONS 175 the hands on the hips, it is discarded and a more corrective one ismade. If such a jacket is worn by a patient who is making good progress,in a few weeks from the beginning of treatment it will be found to beinefi&cient and not to be holding him on account of his these conditions the torso must be again remodeled, more cutaway from the prominent side and greater
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