Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 425-431 , July 2010

Reliability of a Photographic Method for Assessing Standing Posture of Elementary School Students

  • Jelena Paušić, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split, Split, Croatia
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  • Željko Pedišić, MEd

      Affiliations

    • Research Associate, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
    • Corresponding Author InformationSubmit requests for reprints to: Željko Pedišić, MEd, Research Associate, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Horvačanski Zavoj 15, Zagreb, Croatia 21000
    • ,
  • Dražan Dizdar, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Assistant Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Received 13 October 2009 ,Revised 27 February 2010 ,Accepted 29 March 2010.

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PII: S0161-4754(10)00149-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.06.002

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 33, Issue 6 , Pages 425-431 , July 2010

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