Reliability of the craniocervical posture assessment: Visual and angular measurements using photographs and radiographs

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 619-625

  Gadotti, Inae C ^a   Armijo Olivo, Susan ^b   Silveira, Anelise ^c   Magee, David ^d  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Head; Neck; Photogrammetry; Posture; Radiography; Reliability of Results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LORDOSIS; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; NORMAL HUMAN; SKULL; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

HEAD; NECK; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; POSTURE; RADIOGRAPHY; RELIABILITY OF RESULTS;

ADULT; CERVICAL ATLAS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKULL;

EID: 84887999014     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: 15326586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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