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The relationship between posture and curvature of the cervical spine.
J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1998 Jul-Aug; 21(6):388-91.JM

Abstract

OBJECTIVE

To study the relationship between posture and curvature of the cervical spine in healthy subjects.

SUBJECTS

The study was composed of 54 healthy students (25 men and 29 women) aged 20-31 yr with a mean age of 24.7 yr.

METHODS

Lateral radiographs were taken of the head and cervical spine of the subjects while standing in a neutral position. Cervical spine posture was quantified by the angle of a reference line, composed of reference points of the upper six cervical vertebrae, with the horizontal axis. The curvature of the cervical spine was classified visually as lordotic, straight or reversed.

RESULTS

A relationship was found between posture and curvature of the cervical spine (p = .006); a more forward posture of the cervical spine was related to a partly reversed curvature; and a more upright posture was related to a lordotic curvature. Moreover, men more often exhibited a straight curvature, and women more often exhibited a partly reversed curvature.

CONCLUSION

The curvature of the cervical spine is related to the subject's posture and gender.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Visscher CM
Department of Oral Function, Academic Centre for Dentistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
de Boer W
No affiliation info available
Naeije M
No affiliation info available

MeSH

AdultAnalysis of VarianceCervical VertebraeChi-Square DistributionFemaleHeadHumansLordosisMalePostureRadiographySpinal Curvatures

Pub Type(s)

Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

9726065

Citation

Visscher, C M., et al. "The Relationship Between Posture and Curvature of the Cervical Spine." Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, vol. 21, no. 6, 1998, pp. 388-91.
Visscher CM, de Boer W, Naeije M. The relationship between posture and curvature of the cervical spine. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1998;21(6):388-91.
Visscher, C. M., de Boer, W., & Naeije, M. (1998). The relationship between posture and curvature of the cervical spine. Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 21(6), 388-91.
Visscher CM, de Boer W, Naeije M. The Relationship Between Posture and Curvature of the Cervical Spine. J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 1998 Jul-Aug;21(6):388-91. PubMed PMID: 9726065.
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