• Title/Summary/Keyword: Thoracic kyphotic angle (TKA)

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The Study on Correlation between the Forward Head Posture and Spinal Alignment (전방머리자세(Forward Head Posture)의 정도와 척추 만곡 변형의 상관관계)

  • Jung, Hyun-Woo;Shin, Woo-Suk;Kim, Doo-Hee;Park, Won-Hyung;Cha, Yun-Yeop;Ko, Youn-Seok;Lee, Jung-Han;Chung, Won-Suk;Shin, Byung-Cheul;Song, Yun-Kyung;Go, Ho-Yeon;Sun, Seong-Ho;Jeon, Chan-Yong;Jang, Bo-Hyoung;Ko, Seong-Gyu
    • Journal of Korean Medicine Rehabilitation
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    • v.23 no.4
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    • pp.195-202
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    • 2013

  • Objectives This study was designed to investigate the correlation between the forward head posture and the spinal alignment. Methods We examined the whole spine x-rays of the 144 student sample. We measured the Craniovertebral angle (CVA), Cervical angle (CA), Thoracic kyphotic angle (TKA), lumbar lordosis angle (LLA) and Ferguson's angle (FA) of the students. We then analyzed the relationship between these angles. Results CVA had correlation with CA, but it was weak. There was significant correlation between CVA and TKA. There were no significant correlation among CVA, LLA and FA. Conclusions According to above results, there is a negative relationship between the CVA and the TKA - in that higher CVAs yielded lower TKAs. But CVA had no significant correlation with LLA or FA.

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