A Review on Posture Assessment
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Sports and Physical Education (IOSR-JSPE) - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 5
Abstract
Posture is the alignment of body segments. It allows a person to be able to stand, sit, move and perform daily activities. Posture has its effect on structural, anatomical, physiological, pathological, recreational and emotional well-being of a person. It is important to study the posture of a person in order to understand various health parameters of the person. Posture has its significance throughout the growth and development of a person. Various illnesses and traumas have their effects on posture. Rehabilitation taken for certain cases need to be monitored using postural effects. Sportsmen and athletes need to be assessed for having postural abnormalities for their performance enhancement. Various approaches have been available to perform this postural evaluation. These include sensor-based approach, manual goniometric approaches, digital photography and photogrammetric approaches. This review paper illustrates the description of posture assessment, importance of posture assessment and its applications. Also, various posture assessment techniques have been explained and compared in this paper. It concludes with the limitations in current study and lists the future avenues in the field.
Authors and Affiliations
Purva C. Badhe, Vaishali Kulkarni
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