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Review
. 2014 Apr;8(4):LE01-4.
doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2014/6836.4266. Epub 2014 Apr 15.

Methods of postural assessment used for sports persons

Deepika Singla  1 , Zubia Veqar  2
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Review

Methods of postural assessment used for sports persons

Deepika Singla et al. J Clin Diagn Res. 2014 Apr.

Abstract

Occurrence of postural defects has become very common now-a-days not only in general population but also in sports persons. There are various methods which can be used to assess these postural defects. These methods have evolved over a period of many years. This paper is first of its kind to summarize the methods of postural assessment which have been used and which can be used for evaluation of postural abnormalities in sports persons such as the visual observation, plumbline, goniometry, photographic, radiographic, photogrammetric, flexiruler, electromagnetic tracking device etc. We recommend more and more postural evaluation studies to be done in future based on the photogrammetric method.

Keywords: Injury; Photogrammetry; Posture.

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