AU - Anbarian, Mehrdad AU - Mokhtari, Masoud AU - Zareie, Parviz AU - Yalfani, Ali TI - A Comparison of Postural Control Characteristics between Subjects with Kyphosis and Controls PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - umsha JN - umsha VO - 16 VI - 4 IP - 4 4099 - http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-300-en.html 4100 - http://sjh.umsha.ac.ir/article-1-300-en.pdf SO - umsha 4 ABĀ  - Introduction & Objective: It is known that postural control performance in upright standing position could be affected by abnormal posture alignment. Despite the fact that kyphosis is one of the most common spine abnormality, the effect of thoracic curve abnormality at sagittal plane on postural stability has received little attention to date. Therefore, the purpose of our study was to investigate the dynamic and static postural control among individuals with kyphosis in comparison with a control matched group. Materials & Methods: Nineteen males with increased normal thoracic kyphosis (> 40 degrees) were randomly selected as kyphotic group. Eighteen controls matched for age, weight and height were selected to participate in the study. We measured the amount of kyphosis using flexible ruler as a noninvasive and reliable method. Dynamic and static postural stability were assessed using the biodex stability system and the balance error scoring system respectively. ANOVA with repeated measures followed by Tukey HSD test and independent t-test were employed for statistical analyses (p CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - umsha PG - 53 PT - Original YR - 2010