a number of studies have investigated the effect of age, trauma, disease and fatigue on cervical joint position sense. however, there is an absence in data regarding the role of posture on proprioception. the aim of the current study was to investigate the effect of forward head posture (fhp) on cervical joint position sense. twenty forward head posture volunteers (14 women, 6 men), with the me...

OBJECTIVES Although referrals for nonsynostotic plagiocephaly (NSP) have increased in recent years, the prevalence, natural history, and determinants of the condition have been unclear. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence and natural history of NSP in normal infants in the first 2 years of life and to identify factors that may contribute to the development of NSP. METHODS...

Various intra and extracranial cephalometric horizontal reference planes have been used to formulate diagnosis and plan individualized treatment for an integrated correction of the malocclusion. Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate variability of intracranial reference planes, i.e sella-nasion, basion-nasion, Frankfurt horizontal, functional occlusal, mandibular and maxillary-mandibular b...

The Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry Volume 25, Number 2/2000 147 INTRODUCTION The craniomandibular system is designed to function as a unit and its parts cannot be considered independently. The idea of a malfunctioning unit is reflected in the term, craniomandibular disorders, (CMD) which is a collective term embracing a number of clinical problems that involves the masticatory musculat...