A Résumé, with Comments, of the Available Literature Relating to Posture

Schwartz, Louis

doi:10.2307/4578305

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“…Schwartz,5 in an excellent summary of the literature up to 1927, including 154 books and articles, says: "There is a lack of agreement in the various definitions of standards and tests for good posture." No matter whether the internal organs be sound, the weight for height average, and the annual gain in weight and height satisfactory, the physical development of the child cannot be considered satisfactory if the posture is bad.…”

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Posture

Moore¹

1934

Am J Dis Child

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The Golden Age of Greece was marked by an endeavor to produce a people physically fit. The statuary of the fifth century B. C. still represents the best to be found anywhere, not only in art, but also in physical perfection of form. "A sound mind in a sound body" was their slogan and their standard. During the Victorian era the reverse idea prevailed, that a weak or crippled body fostered greatness of mind and soul. From this false premise the pendulum has swung far so that today, more than at any time since the days of classic Greece, one finds a general interest in bodily perfection. Perhaps no small factor in this renaissance is the modern style of dress. The body must be seen to be appreciated. When all sorts of defects could be concealed under bustles, flounces and false fronts, no one cared much what the body was like. When women wore such long skirts that their toes played hide and seek with the outer world, I remember wondering in my boyish mind whether women really had legs like men.In those days, too, one was taught to throw the shoulders back, and to stand and walk with the feet at an angle of 45 degrees, in bliss¬ ful ignorance of the fact that this produced sway-backs, pot bellies, pelvic distortion, lumbar pain and flat feet. Today the prevalent debutante slouch indicates an equal lack of knowledge of the funda¬ mentals of proper posture.Esthetics is a strong stimulant, stronger than a vague promise of better health. The requirements of health and beauty combine to demand the finest physical type. The physician's attention has been so centered on illness, from colic to cancer, that posture is perhaps the least cultivated field in the range of pediatrics.

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Posture

Moore¹

1934

Am J Dis Child

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“…The emphasis was on an “upright posture” which was described as a state of muscular balance requiring minimal muscular effort to maintain [3]. Descriptive postural recommendations were made by several authors utilizing easily identifiable bony landmarks [5,6], and more recently [7] have suggested that pain related to postural deviations is a common problem, with [8] proposing that postural alignment deviations are linked to alterations in movement patterns which will eventually lead to functional impairments.…”

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A comparison of the musculoskeletal assessments of the shoulder girdles of professional rugby players and professional soccer players

Horsley

Pearson²,

Green

et al. 2012

BMC Sports Sci Med Rehabil

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ObjectiveTo identify posture types that exist in professional rugby players, and compare them with a population of non-overhead athletes in order to identify possible relationships towards the potential for shoulder injuries.DesignObservational design Setting: Sports Medicine Clinic Participants: Convenience sample Methodology: Static assessment of posture was carried out in standing, active and passive range of glenohumeral motion, and isometric strength was carried out in accordance with previously recorded protocols.InterventionsNil Outcome Measures: Observational classification of posture, active and passive range of glenohumeral joint range of motion, isometric strength of selected muscle groups, selected muscle flexibility and Hawkins and Neer impingement tests.ResultsThere was a significant difference on range of motion between the two groups (0.025–0.000), isometric middle (0.024–0.005), and lower trapezius (0.01–0.001). Conclusion: There were significant differences between strength and flexibility of muscles around the shoulder girdle between professional rugby players and a control group of professional non-overhead athletes.

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