Spinal Postural Alignment Variance According to Sex and Age in 7- and 8-Year-Old Children

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-159

  Penha, Patrícia Jundi ^a   Baldini, Marina ^b   João, Sílvia Maria Amado ^b  

^a Master Degree   (Brazil)

^b Physiotherapist   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Posture; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFANT; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; PELVIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDING; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSTURE; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CURVATURES; SPINE; STUDENTS;

EID: 60349098770     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.12.009     Document Type: Article

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