PMID- 16963312
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20070920
LR  - 20220409
IS  - 1532-2769 (Electronic)
IS  - 1356-689X (Linking)
VI  - 12
IP  - 4
DP  - 2007 Nov
TI  - Postural neck pain: an investigation of habitual sitting posture, perception of 
      'good' posture and cervicothoracic kinaesthesia.
PG  - 363-71
AB  - Impairments of cervico-cephalic kinaesthesia and habitual forward head posture 
      have been considered important in the aetiology of postural neck pain, yet these 
      factors have not been specifically examined in a homogeneous clinical population. 
      The objective of this study was to compare the habitual sitting posture (HSP), 
      perception of good posture and postural repositioning error (PRE) of the 
      cervico-thoracic (CT) spine in individuals with postural neck pain, with a 
      matched group of asymptomatic subjects. Twenty-one subjects with postural neck 
      pain and 22 asymptomatic control subjects were recruited into the study. An 
      optical motion analysis system was used to measure the HSP and perceived 'good' 
      sitting posture. PRE was measured over six trials where the subject attempted to 
      replicate their self-selected 'good' posture. There was no difference between the 
      groups in the HSP but significant differences were identified in the perception 
      of 'good' posture. Posture repositioning error was higher for the head posture 
      variables than for CT and shoulder girdle variables in both groups. However, 
      there was no significant difference in posture repositioning error between groups 
      for any of the posture measures. The findings suggest that individuals with 
      postural neck pain may have a different perception of 'good' posture, but no 
      significant difference in HSP or kinaesthetic sensibility compared with matched 
      asymptomatic subjects.
FAU - Edmondston, Stephen J
AU  - Edmondston SJ
AD  - School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, P.O. Box U1987, Perth, 
      Western Australia 6845, Australia. s.edmondston@curtin.edu.au
FAU - Chan, Hon Yan
AU  - Chan HY
FAU - Ngai, Gorman Chi Wing
AU  - Ngai GC
FAU - Warren, M Linda R
AU  - Warren ML
FAU - Williams, Jonathan M
AU  - Williams JM
FAU - Glennon, Susan
AU  - Glennon S
FAU - Netto, Kevin
AU  - Netto K
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20060911
PL  - Scotland
TA  - Man Ther
JT  - Manual therapy
JID - 9610924
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Case-Control Studies
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Movement
MH  - Neck Pain/*etiology
MH  - *Posture
MH  - Range of Motion, Articular
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2006/09/12 09:00
MHDA- 2007/09/21 09:00
CRDT- 2006/09/12 09:00
PHST- 2006/02/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2006/05/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2006/07/13 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2006/09/12 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2007/09/21 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/09/12 09:00 [entrez]
AID - S1356-689X(06)00120-2 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.math.2006.07.007 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Man Ther. 2007 Nov;12(4):363-71. doi: 10.1016/j.math.2006.07.007. Epub 2006 Sep 
      11.