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Back Support Angle; Body Posture Angles; Sagittal Head Angle; Cervical Angle; Shoulder Angle

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Effects Of Adjustments To Wheelchair Seat To Back Support Angle On Head, Neck, And Shoulder Postures, Afnan M. Alkhateeb Jun 2016

Effects Of Adjustments To Wheelchair Seat To Back Support Angle On Head, Neck, And Shoulder Postures, Afnan M. Alkhateeb

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Background: People spend a long time in the sitting position may have poor alignment that leads to neck and back pain. A wheelchair represents mobility for people with cerebral palsy, who are unable to walk. They spend long periods of time sitting in their wheelchair. Opining the seat to back support angle of the wheelchair enable realignment body segments and improves posture. Objective: 1) assessed the validity/reliability of Coach’s Eye (CE) smart device application, 2) examined the effect of seat to back support angle adjustments on head, neck, and shoulder posture in the sitting position, and 3) compared changes in …

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