Postural examination consists of three parts: examining alignment in standing, testing flexibility and muscle length, and testing muscle strength. The document outlines various methods for assessing posture, including visual observation, plumbline, goniometry, photography, radiography, and photogrammetry. It also covers assessing body type, different views of posture, flexibility tests, and using the information to determine weak muscles and potential underlying pathologies.

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?