Clinical Skills Lab
Posture Assessment
Assess standing posture against the plumb line, recognise 13 common deviations — from forward head to flat foot — and link each to likely short and weak muscles, measures and correction.Roman Urdu: Plumb line ke saath posture dekhna, 13 aam deviations pehchanna — aur har ek ke short/weak muscles, measurement aur correction samajhna.
- posture atlas items
- 13posture atlas items
- practice questions
- 54practice questions
- flashcards
- 65flashcards
- OSCE stations
- 3OSCE stations
Opening Posture Assessment…
Everything in this skill (13 items) and sources
- Forward head posture
- Rounded shoulders (protracted scapulae)
- Thoracic hyperkyphosis
- Kypho-lordotic posture
- Sway-back posture
- Flat-back posture
- Scoliosis
- Lateral pelvic tilt
- Genu valgum (knock knees)
- Genu varum (bow legs)
- Genu recurvatum
- Pes planus (flat foot)
- Pes cavus (high arch)
Sources
- Kendall et al. — Muscles: Testing and Function with Posture and Pain (5th ed.)
- Magee — Orthopedic Physical Assessment (7th ed.), Assessment of Posture
- Page, Frank & Lardner — Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance: The Janda Approach
- Redmond et al. (2006) — Foot Posture Index