Assessing Postural Deviations: Smartphone Photogrammetry Is Reliable (Pooled ICC 0.90 for Head Position), and Scoliosis Screening in Adolescents Has No Proven Benefit
3 days ago
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A postural assessment is the first thing many coaches do with a new client: a side view, a back view, a plumb line real or imagined, and a list of deviations, forward head, rounded or protracted shoulders, an exaggerated or flattened low back curve, a hip that sits higher than the other, a spine that does not run straight. The list is easy to make. The two questions that matter are whether the measurements are repeatable and what a finding should lead to, and the newest evidence answers both, one reassuringly and one with a caution.
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