Objective Clinical Assessment of Posture Patterns after Implant Breast Augmentation
| Autor: | Angela Faga, Anna Dall'Angelo, Silvia Mandrini, Elena Dalla Toffola, Simona Chierico, Giovanni Nicoletti, Alberto Malovini, Valentina Finotti |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Esthetics Breast Implants Posture Dentistry Physical examination medicine.disease_cause Prosthesis Design Weight-bearing Cohort Studies Weight-Bearing Young Adult medicine Humans Young adult skin and connective tissue diseases Volunteer Breast augmentation Breast Implantation Balance (ability) medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Healthy Volunteers Spine Surgery Cosmetic: Original Articles Female Implant business Lumbar lordosis |
| Zdroj: | Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery |
| ISSN: | 1529-4242 0032-1052 |
| Popis: | Background: An increased weight of the breasts causes several spinal postural alterations that reduce the ability to perform dynamic tasks requiring a stable balance. The effects of the increased weight of the breasts on static posture after implant breast augmentation have not been investigated yet. Methods: Forty volunteer healthy women were asked to wear different sized breast implants (800, 400, and 300 g) inside a dedicated sports bra for 6½ consecutive hours during their everyday life activities, 1 day for every implant size. Posture changes were assessed with the association of a physiatric clinical examination with a static force platform analysis. Results: A significant increase in cervical lordosis after the use of 400-g breast implants and upward was demonstrated. This alteration was stable between the 400-g and 800-g breast implants. The 400-g (per breast) implant might therefore be the load threshold that breaks the cervical postural physiologic balance. A significant increase in lumbar lordosis was demonstrated only after the use of the 800-g breast implants. The static force platform assessment demonstrated a worsening of the balance independent from the visual control with the use of 400-g and 800-g implants. Conclusions: Heavy breast implants proved to induce reversible alterations in the spinal curve, and 400 g is the cutoff for functional physiologic compensation in the short term. Such a weight might be considered the safety limit for the use of breast implants for cosmetic purposes. |
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