Photographic measurement of upper-body sitting posture of high school students: A reliability and validity study

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>All the reported measures of sitting posture, as well as photographs, have one flaw, as these measures are external to the body. These measures use calculations from external bony landmarks to estimate spinal posture, on the understa...

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Main Authors: Louw Quinette, van Niekerk Sjan-Mari, Vaughan Christopher, Grimmer-Somers Karen, Schreve Kristiaan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-08-01
Series:BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/9/113