Posturology

Posturology is the scientific study of posture, usually of human posture, with emphasis on the relation between posture and many pathologies, above all chronic pain.

An important diagnostic technique of posturology is stabilometry.

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Posturology science involves comprehensive knowledge within every scientific specialization dealing with motor system as:
- biomechanics
- neurology
- antropology
- empbriology
- other

And a good theoric and clinic knowledge of avery function and aspect of anatomy that may directly or indirectly interface with motor system:
- otorhinolaringology
- dentistry
- angiology
- endocrinology

Posturology requires all instrumental resources that are already in use among those specialties but requires new protocols of measurement to be prototyped for either research and clinical use.

Posturology requires development of new evaluation methods to provide multi dimensional model of posture and it's variables, not neglecting tools such as patient's collaboration which, with adeguate rigour, may take advantage of the most accurate afference processing system: the patient's brain.

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Upd 21 Jul 2008:

Posture is nowadays a challenge for scientific society as the discipline-oriented-approach of medicine organization does not comply with the functional-model of posture: a motor function implementation concernes interdisciplinary evaluation to be thoroughly evaluated and, so far, medicine does not provide a single figure with multi discipline skill.

Given the absence of scientific society interest in posture and the presence of ambiguous posturologist professionals, posturology is way far from from jelding scientific results, moreover, the current lack of scientific knowledge of posture and the growing ascertainment of relationship between diffused social deseases and the postural disorder, makes posturology research demand much more urgent than posturology clinic demand.

Posturology specialization, at present, is not scientifically aknowledged, but, if appropriately conceived, not only might overcome the lack of overview of the current scientific discipline-model approach but is the only way to provide the required functional-model approach to scientific research.

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* Paolo Platania (2008). Evidence of vagal mediated relationship between tongue-motor-insufficiency and postural-disorders: craniocervical-extension spasm induced by upper-airway-patency-maintenance-reflex elicited by augmented airflow resistance owed to neurogenic tongue weakness, a case study. Posture, etiology of a syndrome

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