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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2130</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>FORWARD HEAD POSTURE ANGLE IN HEALTHY OLDER FEMALES- A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>M.Kaandeepan</surname><given-names>Manivannan</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Parikh</surname><given-names>Trupti K.</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S</surname><given-names>Tapan</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><volume/><issue/><fpage>79</fpage><lpage>85</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>AIM: To investigate the influence of old age on forward head posture in healthy old age female subjects.&#13;
Methods: A total of 34 normal healthy old age female subjects age group 60 years and above were&#13;
selected from vadodara city and from the department of physiotherapy, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth&#13;
University, sampling method being convenient sampling. The subjects were photographed perpendicular&#13;
to the sagittal plane in order to capture a sagittal view of the head and neck during the standing activity. A&#13;
5.0 megapixel digital camera (3x optical zoom, and a built in flash,) was used for all photographic data&#13;
collection. The camera was positioned 3 feet from the subject. The forward head posture angle was&#13;
measured to the nearest degree with the help of protractor. The data were collected and analyzed by&#13;
Pearson correlation method.&#13;
Results: The pearson correlation test showed, mean of 46.41 with standard deviation of 5.32. It shows no&#13;
significant correlation.&#13;
Conclusion: In our sample study, there was no significant correlation found between forward head&#13;
posture angle in related to old age. Thus the null hypothesis is accepted ie.. there is no effect of age on&#13;
forward head posture angle.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Posture</kwd><kwd> Forward Head Posture Angle</kwd><kwd> Healthy Older Females</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
