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The Validity and Reproducibility of the Flexicurve in the Evaluation of Cervical Spine Lordosis

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 2017
The purpose of this study was to measure the validity and reliability of flexicurve measurements of cervical curvature in the sagittal plane in adults.One hundred thirteen adults were assessed in the seated position with flexicurve radiographs. Two groups were measured: (1) the validity group (n = 55), and (2) the reliability group (n = 58).
E. Raupp, C. Candotti, B. V. Marchetti, Adriane Vieira, F. Medeiros, J. Loss   +5 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Reproducibility of the Flexicurve for Assessment of Thoracic and Lumbar Spine Range of Motion.

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
M. O. Melo, Marja Bochehin Do Valle, Cláudia Tarragô Candotti, J. A. Sedrez, Edgar Santiago Wagner Neto, E. F. D. Schmit, J. Loss   +6 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Measurement of sagittal spine curvature: comparing the Kinect depth camera to the flexicurve and digital inclinometers in a clinical population

Physiotherapy, 2020
E. Hannink, T. Shannon, H. Dawes, K. Barker   +3 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

A Brief Review of Flexicurve for Assessing Spinal Curvature

Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2018
S. Mehta, T. Liang, K. Mullins, James Wallenberg   +3 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Thoracic kyphosis assessment in postmenopausal women: an examination of the Flexicurve method in comparison to radiological methods

Osteoporosis International, 2019
The Flexicurve ruler is an alternative method to radiographs for measuring thoracic kyphosis (curvature), but it is not certain that it is comparable. This study shows that Flexicurve can estimate radiographic vertebral centroid angles with less error than Cobb angles but that its accuracy would be inadequate for most clinical purposes.The Flexicurve ...
Linda Spencer, Robyn Fary, L. McKenna, R. Ho, K. Briffa   +4 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Interrater reliability of flexicurve postural measures among novice users

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 2004
The purpose of this study was to establish the interrater reliability of the flexicurve when used by novice testers to measure thoracic kyphosis and lumbar lordosis in a community-based population. Three graduate students independently measured 51 healthy women (aged 21 to 88 years). The flexicurve was molded to the contour of the spine and traced onto
M. Hinman
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Sagittal skin contour of the cervical spine: interexaminer and intraexaminer reliability of the flexicurve instrument.

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 2005
To evaluate reliability of a simple instrument, the flexicurve, in determining cervical sagittal skin contour.This study obtained repeated random measurements involving 3 investigators and 30 subjects once per day over a 2-day trial period. Thirty normal subjects were examined for cervical spine skin contour twice by 3 separate investigators with a 1 ...
D. Harrison, J. Haas, D. Harrison, B. Holland, Tadeusz J. Janik   +4 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Reliability and minimal detectable change of spinal length and width measurements using the Flexicurve for usual standing posture in healthy young adults

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 2010
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to: 1) investigate the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of use of the Flexicurve for measurement of spinal length (L), thoracic (TL) and lumbar length (LL), thoracic (TW) and lumbar width (LW), and 2) quantify measurement error and minimal detectable change at the 95% CI (MDC95) for the same measurements.
K. Dunleavy, Herman Mariano, Timothy Wiater, A. Goldberg   +3 more
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Concurrent validity of flexicurve instrument measurements: sagittal skin contour of the cervical spine compared with lateral cervical radiographic measurements.

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics, 2005
The aim of this study was to compare flexicurve surface contour measurements of the cervical spine with radiographic measurements of cervical lordosis.One examiner evaluated 96 patients with chronic neck pain in neutral posture using a flexible ruler, flexicurve, to measure sagittal contour of the skin over the cervical spine from the external ...
D. Harrison, J. Haas, R. Cailliet, D. Harrison, B. Holland, Tadeusz J. Janik   +5 more
semanticscholar   +4 more sources

Use of a Flexicurve Measurement Instrument As One Outcome Measure For A Female With Osteoporosis

Journal of Women's Health Physical Therapy, 2008
Karen E. H. Grossnickle
semanticscholar   +3 more sources