The measurement of craniocervical posture: A simple method to evaluate head position

Asociación entre el patrón postural cefálico y la inteligibilidad articulatoria del habla

“…Different studies point out the importance of the cranio-cervical relationship and the modification of odonto-stomatological functions 3,5,6 given that postural equilibrium can be defined as an important factor that describes the human physical and mental condition where controlled and balanced willingness allows preserving body structures and minimizing the risk of deformation or progressive dysfunction; this willingness is a descriptor of biomechanical efficiency to deal with the environment 17 . The present study revealed that a group of young subjects with no relevant morbid history can exhibit slight speech intelligibility alterations as a result of postural dysfunctions at the head-cervical level, particularly because of the presence of posterior head-neck rotation.…”

“…Cuccia and Caradonna 3 were able to conclude that dentofacial alterations can modify cephalic posture and demonstrate that nasal obstruction induces anomalous head extension, which represents a functional adaptation that facilitates oral respiration.…”

“…Cephalic posture has been traditionally studied because of the biomechanical relationship existing between the cervical spine, head, and dentofacial structures 1 . Therefore, if one of these segments is compromised, and very often undiagnosed, changes could be triggered in other structures responsible for vital human functions, such as mastication, deglutition, respiration, and speech articulation 2,3 . Cephalic posture has been defined as a particularly important factor in the morphological diagnosis of skeletal, articulatory, and myofunctional discrepancies 4 .…”

Introducing of the Novel Midsagittal Line for Diagnosis of Craniofacial Asymmetry With P.A Cephalometry Radiography

“…Thus, difficulties and errors in conventional methods due to determining different intracranial landmarks by different operators was reduced significantly [8][9][10] . Reported methods by other researchers can assess only dental and skeletal landmarks according to median axis of face, except computer based method of Mongini which needs many software components 6 .…”

“…This is accomplished by using one intracranial landmark (Crista Gali) with the true vertical line (a hanging chain near the patient`s face), while patient look into mirror to his/her own eyes 8 . The benefit of using this new reference line (MSL) is its independency from intracranial structures 9,10 . Sixty samples (30 males and 30 females) were selected with normal occlusion.…”