(n.) A board which supports the back wen one is sitting;
(n.) A board serving as the back part of anything, as of a wagon.
(n.) A thin stuff used for the backs of framed pictures, mirrors, etc.
(n.) A board attached to the rim of a water wheel to prevent the water from running off the floats or paddies into the interior of the wheel.
(n.) A board worn across the back to give erectness to the figure.
Example Sentences:
(1) The purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the effects of using seat boards only and a combination of seat boards and backboards on wheelchair posture.
(2) Immobilization on a flat backboard would place 98% of our study subjects in relative cervical extension.
(3) Cinefluoroscopic measurement of maximum cervical displacement during each procedure was made with the subjects supine and secured by hard collar, backboard, and tape.
(4) In general, the forces to which a backboarded subject is subjected during transport range from 0.32g to 0.83g, vary by direction, and are more predictable for air than for ground transport.
(5) This study demonstrated that seat boards and backboards in wheelchairs improve certain postural deviations of patients with hemiplegia, but that these improvements are not maintained when the boards are removed after 5 to 10 weeks of use.
(6) Forces generated during transport were measured using an instrumented, low mass triaxial accelerometer fixed to a standard backboard.
(7) Protective measures include proper immobilisation of the spine with a semi-rigid collar and tape on a long backboard, or on vacuum mattress, taking great care to avoid deleterious in-line compression forces on the spinal column.
(8) But Jenkins had a clean look, and he leapt, and flung, and the backboard glowed blood-red and the buzzer blared and the ball dropped clean through the net, and there was instant bedlam as Villanova jumped and danced at the staggering wonder of their victory, and Carolina’s players walked off straight away, because what else could they do?
(9) There are no hoops on the court’s backboards, so kids don’t bother playing anymore.
(10) Forty-one patients with hemiplegia secondary to cerebrovascular accidents were assigned sequentially to 1) a group that used seat boards only (SB Group), 2) a group that used both seat boards and backboards (SBB Group), or 3) a group that used no boards (Control Group).
(11) The use of computer assisted teaching in medical school could be a valuable adjunct to the more traditionally employed backboard and slides.
(12) The Magic had a chance to tie it in the final seconds, but Jason Richardson's long 3-pointer attempt bounced off the backboard at the buzzer.
(13) In ten children who were less than seven years old, an unstable injury of the cervical spine was found to have anterior angulation or translation, or both, on initial lateral radiographs that were made with the child supine on a standard flat backboard.
(14) When a young child is positioned on a standard backboard, the neck may be forced into relative kyphosis.
(15) To determine the amount of occipital padding required to achieve neutral position of the cervical spine when a patient is immobilized on a flat backboard.
(16) The use of seat boards and backboards combined was associated with decreased lateral pelvic tilt of 3.1 and 1.6 degrees, increased anterior pelvic tilt of 13.1 and 11.1 degrees, and decreased thoracic kyphosis of 13.0 and 14.2 degrees at entry to and at discharge from the rehabilitation program, respectively, while the boards were in place.
(17) To prevent undesirable cervical flexion in young children during emergency transport and radiography, a standard backboard can be modified to provide safer alignment of the cervical spine.
(18) The most common deficiencies in pediatric equipment included backboards, pediatric drugs, resuscitation masks, and small intravenous catheters.
(19) Both the backboard and the Scoop stretcher offered adequate stabilization for thoracolumbar spine instability.
Buckboard
Definition:
(n.) A four-wheeled vehicle, having a long elastic board or frame resting on the bolsters or axletrees, and a seat or seats placed transversely upon it; -- called also buck wagon.