Evaluation of 3D vertebral and pelvic position by surface topography in asymptomatic females: presentation of normative reference data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deviations from a conventional physiologic posture are often a cause of complaint. According to current literature, the upright physiological spine posture exhibits inclinations in the sagittal plane but not in the coronal and transverse planes, but individual vertebral body positions of asymptomatic adults have rarely been described using surface topography. Therefore, this work aims to form a normative reference dataset for the thoracic and lumbar vertebral bodies and for the pelvis in all three planes in asymptomatic women.

Methods

In a prospective, cross-sectional, monocentric study, 100 pain-free asymptomatic women, aged 20-64 years were enrolled. Habitual standing positions of the trunk were measured using surface topography. Data were analyzed in all three

SUBMITTER: Wolf C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8642978 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature