Open AccessChanges in Habitual and Active Sagittal Posture in Children and Adolescents with and without Visual Input – Implications for Diagnostic Analysis of Posture
Author(s) -
Oliver Ludwig,
Carola Mazet,
Dirk Mazet,
Annette Hammes,
Eduard Schmitt
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/16647.7283
Subject(s) - sagittal plane , ankle , trunk , eyes open , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , coronal plane , body posture , wilcoxon signed rank test , physical therapy , psychology , orthodontics , anatomy , balance (ability) , mann–whitney u test , ecology , biology
Poor posture in children and adolescents has a prevalence of 22-65% and is suggested to be responsible for back pain. To assess posture, photometric imaging of sagittal posture is widely used, but usually only habitual posture positions (resting position with minimal muscle activity) are analysed.