Die Klinik der Haltungsstörungen und des Morbus Scheuermann

The Adolescent Back. A Field Survey of 370 Finnish Schoolchildren

“…On the other hand, as far as treatment is concerned it is unnecessary to screen mild postural faults as the sole finding. Johnsson has not used Wagenhauser's division (213,214) into functional and fixated postural faults. In my material only 1.4 Vo of the subjects had a fixated or irreversible postural fault.…”

“…Staffel, Schede and, among others, Wagenhauser have presented a division of the functional postural faults in the sagittal plane into upper roundback, hollow back, long roundback and flat back, and this division is seen especially in the German literature (180,192,213,214). Wagenhauser divides postural faults into functional and fixated ones (213,214). Fixated postural faults are differentiated from functional ones by means of the forwardbending test.…”

“…If inspection is regarded as sufficient, the forwardbending test can be supplemented by a finger separation test (129). In this tech- Wagenhauser has emphasized the use of the forward bending test for differentiating between functional and the more severe fixated postural faults (213,214). Fixated kyphosis, lordosis or flattening of the spine can be observed from the side during forward bending if the subject is observed from a sufficient distance.…”

“…Staffel's, Schede's andWagenhauser's (180, 192,213,214,216) classification of functional postural faults in the antero-posterior plane into upper roundback, long roundback, hollow back and flat back means that postural deviations of the head, shoulders, hip and spine are combined to form certain types of posture. The type of classification presented in the New York State posture rating chart(31) in which the quality of a postural fault and its degree of pathology are assessed systematically one region at a time without attempting to combine the findings, undoubtedly takes individual variations into account more accurately.…”