Does the fists-on-clavicles position represent a functional standing position?

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 808-812

  Aota, Yoichi ^a,b   Saito, Tomoyuki ^a   Uesugi, Masaaki ^a   Ishida, Koh ^a   Shinoda, Keisuke ^a   Mizuma, Koichi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Idiopathic scoliosis; Lateral radiographic evaluation; Sagittal balance; Sagittal vertical axis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLAVICLE; EVALUATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINGER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE; STANDING;

CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMUR; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PELVIS; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650328119     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819e2191     Document Type: Article

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