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Posture Assessment - Lateral view Flashcards

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Head and neck

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Plumb line falls through ear lobe to acromion process

FAULTS: Forward head

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Shoulder

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Plumb line falls through acromion process

FAULTS: Rounded shoulders

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Thoracic vertebra

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Plumb line bisects the chest symmetrically

FAULTS: Kyphosis, barrel chest

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Lumbar vertebra

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Plumb line falls midway between abdomen, back and slightly anterior to sacroiliac joint
FAULTS: Lordosis, flat back

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Pelvis and hip

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Plumb line falls anterior to sacroiliac joint and posterior to hip joint through greater trochanter
FAULTS: Anterior/ posterior pelvic tilt,

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Knee

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Plumb line passes slightly anterior to midline of knee joint

FAULTS: Genu recurvatum

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Ankle

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Plumb line passes just anterior to lateral malleolus

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