forward-leaning posture

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forward-leaning posture,

a respiratory therapy technique intended to reduce or eliminate the involvement of the accessory muscles of respiration in ambulatory patients with breathing difficulty. It involves walking while bent forward in a slightly stooped posture. For patients unable to tolerate functional walking, a special high walker with wheels may be used.

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No references found			In forward-leaning postures, the medial gastrocnemius generated most of the required plantar flexion moment, followed by the soleus and lateral gastrocnemius (Figure 3(b)). Selection of optimal muscle set for 16-channel standing ... by Gartman, Steven J.; Audu, Musa L.; Kirsch, Robert F.; Triolo, Ronald J. / Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development Moreover, the forward-leaning posture made the spot airflow go downward after collision and caused temperature decrease at the thighs and legs. Examination of thermal adaptive effect of postural and positional ... by Zhu, Shengwei; Kato, Shinsuke; Yang, Ling / ASHRAE Transactions My forward-leaning posture says "Because I know best. Emergency preparedness. (don't get me started) by Clinton, Kate / The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)			fornix cerebri fornix vaginae Forrestier's disease forskolin Forssell technique Forssman antigen Forssmann Fort Bragg fever Fort William disease Fortaz fortescue Forthane fortification Fortification Phenomenon fortified fortified milk fortitude Fortovase forward forward bending forward chaining forward failure forward heart failure forward protrusion forward-bending maneuver forward-leaning posture forward-motility protein FOS Fosamax fosamprenavir foscarnet foscarnet sodium foscarnet sodium/phosphonoformic acid Foscavir fosfomycin Foshay's test fosinopril fosinopril sodium fosmidomycin fosphenytoin fosphenytoin sodium Fosrenol fossa fossa of lacrimal gland fossa of vestibule of vagina fossette fossula foster Foster bed Foster frame Foster Kennedy's syndrome			forward welding Forward Widened Total Laryngectomy Forward Working Limit forward(s) Forward, Up, Starboard, Port, Aft, Downward forward-acting regulator Forward-backward algorithm forward-backward counter Forward-Backward Iterative Physical Optics Forward-Backward Likelihood Pruning Forward-Backward Linear Prediction Forward-Backward Method Forward-Backward Ratio Forward-Backward Spectrally Accelerated Forward-Backward Stochastic Differential Equation Forward-Based Systems forward-bending maneuver forward-bending maneuver forward-bending maneuver forward-bending maneuver Forward-Body Bias forward-curved fan Forward-Decoding Kernel Machines Forward-Deployed Forces Forward-Deployed Trainer Forward-Facing Child Safety Seat Forward-Firing Aircraft Rocket forward-leaning posture forward-looking Forward-Looking Ground Penetrating Radar Forward-Looking Information forward-looking infrared forward-looking infrared forward-looking infrared imager Forward-Looking Infrared Navigational System Forward-Looking Infrared System Forward-looking multiple Forward-Looking Multiples Forward-Looking Radar Forward-Looking Radar Set Forward-looking statement Forward-Looking Statements forward-motility protein forward-moving forward-scatter propagation Forward-starting swap forward-thinking Forward-Viewing Analog-Electronic Module Forward-Weighted Consistent Adjoint-Driven Importance Sampling Forward/Backward Forward/Backward Hankel Approximation Method Forward/Future Rate Agreement forwarded forwarded forwarded forwarded forwarded forwarded

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