Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: Reflex control of the spine and posture: a review of the literature from a chiropractic perspective. | Chiropractic Osteopathy BioMed Central Review Open Access Reflex control of the spine and posture a review of the literature from a chiropractic perspective MarkW Morningstar 1 Burl RPettibon2 Heidi Schlappi3 Mark Schlappi3 and Trevor V Ireland4 Address Director of Research The Pettibon Institute 3416-A 57 St Ct NW Gig Harbor WA 98335 USA Private practice of chiropractic 10683 S Saginaw St Suite B Grand Blanc MI 48439 USA 2Executive Director The Pettibon Institute 3416-A 57 St Ct NW Gig Harbor WA 98335 USA 3Doctor of Chiropractic Candidate Palmer College of Chiropractic. 1000 Brady St Davenport IA 52803 USA and 4Board of Trustees Palmer College of Chiropractic. 1000 Brady St Davenport IA 52803 USA Email Mark W Morningstar - morningstar@ Burl R Pettibon - pettibon@ Heidi Schlappi - hschlappi@ Mark Schlappi - mschlappi@ Trevor V Ireland - irelandt@ Corresponding author Published 09 August 2005 Received 28 April 2005 Chiropractic Osteopathy 2005 13 16 doi 1746-1340-13-16 Accepted 09 August 2005 This article is available from http content 13 1 16 2005 Morningstar et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Objective This review details the anatomy and interactions of the postural and somatosensory reflexes. We attempt to identify the important role the nervous system plays in maintaining reflex control of the spine and posture. We also review illustrate and discuss how the human vertebral column develops functions and adapts to Earth s gravity in an upright position. We identify functional characteristics of the postural reflexes by reporting previous observations of subjects during periods of microgravity
