| Abstract | The purpose of the study in this article was to evaluate the physical impairment of patients with breast hypertrophy and to justify the medical necessity of reduction mammaplasty. In 50 women, 20 to 40 years old, with a body mass index below 25, breast size was measured by volumetry and correlated to a functional spine score. This score was determined by the presence of scoliosis, deviated head position, shoulder protraction, shortening of the pectoralis muscle, mobility of the cervical spine, and strength of the abdominal and back extensor muscles. Impairment of the spine in correlation to the breast size was statistically significant (r = 0.71, p < .0001). |
| Authors | Björn D Krapohl
(Affiliation: Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Lainz Hospital, Vienna, Austria. snownessi at web.de)
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| Journal | Plastic surgical nursing : official journal of the American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgical Nurses
(Plast Surg Nurs)
2005 Oct-Dec
Vol. 25
Issue 4
Pg. 187-9
ISSN: 0741-5206 United States |
| PMID | 16361967
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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| Topics |
- Adult
- Anthropometry
- Austria
(epidemiology)
- Breast
(pathology)
- Cross-Sectional Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Hypertrophy
- Mammaplasty
- Patient Selection
- Spinal Diseases
(diagnosis, epidemiology, prevention & control)
- Statistics, Nonparametric
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