Posture examination

1. Posture

2. Postural examination consists of three parts:
1. Examination of alignment in standing.
2. Tests for flexibility and muscle length.
3. Tests for muscle strength.

3. Methods of postural assessment
★ Visual observation method
★ Plumbline method
★ Goniometry
★ Photographic and digitization method
★ Radiographic method
★ Photogrammetric method
★ Miscellaneous - posturometer, flexiruler, Moire
topography,etc.

4. Postural Assessment
❖ Body type:
1. Ectomorph
2. Mesomorph
3. Endomorph

5. Lateral view

6. Posterior View

7. Anterior view

9. Sitting posture

10. Flexibility tests
➔ Modified sit and reach test
➔ Trunk rotation test
➔ Groin flexibility test
➔ Goniometer testing

11. Quick Test

13. Which structures are in stretch weakness?

15. Pathology?