Effect of playing basketball on the posture of cervical spine in healthy collegiate students
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https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbar.v6i2.1667Keywords:
posture, basketball, craniovertebral angle, sagittal head tiltAbstract
Objective: To assess and compare the cervical posture of collegiate students and collegiate basketball players.
Procedure: Craniovertebral angle and Sagittal head tilt were measured using photogrammetric method in 15 collegiate students and 15 collegiate students and 15 collegiate basketball players.
Results: Significant differences were not found between two groups for any of the two angles at p<0.05.
Conclusions: Playing basketball does not place any significant impact on the posture of cervical spine of collegiate students.
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