Effect of Exercises on Diaphragmatic Excursion in Postmenopausal Kyphotic Women

"corrective exercises:~1. Strengthening exercises :~ 1. Thoracic extension exercises:~ * Mckanzie's thoracic extension exercise:~ * Thoracic spine stretching position~ 2. Back extension exercise~ 3. Abdominal curl up exercise~ 4. Scapular retraction exercises~ 5. Trunk rotation exercise~2. Stretching exercises:~ 1. Pectoral muscles stretch from sitting~ 2. self-stretch for pectoral muscle infront of door"

"1. Diaphragmatic breathing exercise: From the supine position, overlapping hands on the diaphragm located in the abdominal region: each woman took deep inspiring by the nose and exhaling through the mouth with lips half-closed slowly.~2. Resisted diaphragmatic breathing exercise: From the supine position, with a weight of 1 kg on the diaphragm located in the abdominal region: each woman took deep inspiring by the nose and exhaling through the mouth with lips half-closed slowly"