The correlation between surface measurement of head and neck posture and the anatomic position of the upper cervical vertebrae

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 921-927

  Johnson, Gillian M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Head and neck posture; Surface measurement; Upper cervical vertebrae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL SPINE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

EID: 0032523132     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804150-00015     Document Type: Article

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