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Sitting: A Pelvic Function?

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Disabled people are totally depending on the possibility to sit if using a wheelchair. As long as the pelvis can rotate around the femur head, sitting is possible. The ingenious mechanisms of pelvic movements is exemplified and explained in rowing. Sitting conceals a dangerous dimension during labor, also clarified in this chapter.

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Marani, E., Koch, W.F. (2014). Sitting: A Pelvic Function?. In: The Pelvis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40006-3_18

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