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applicability of Moiré topography to assess changes in posture ohranjanje in krepitev zdravja | maintaining and promoting health
in the workplace
Sandra Martinuč, David Ravnik
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Starting points and purpose: Moiré topography (shading) is a non-invasive ap-
proach that has been used for decades to assess posture, especially in children
for scoliosis screening. In employed adults, its applicability is less researched
in the literature. The purpose of this paper is to use the literature to highlight
the applicability and main features of the Moiré topographic method for clini-
cal applications, especially those associated with postural deviations among the
working active population, from the first day of use to the present.
Content presentation: In Moiré topography, we observe and evaluate contour
l ines (shadows) on the body that result from the projection of a point light
source through a grid located between a human and a source. The technique
allows a good spatial assessment of the symmetry of the observed (right-left)
and is useful especially in the assessment of postures in the frontal plane (eg
scoliosis), as well as the sagittal and transvenous planes. Because the technique
is non-invasive and correlates well with X-ray images, and mobile, it can also be
used in the field, so it can also be used in the work environment. The literature
states that it is most useful in children, but it can also be used in posture assess-
ments, assessments of leg, spine and shoulder irregularities, assessment of the
impact of sport on torso morphology, recognition of spinal and torso deform-
ities in the elderly, etc. Most of the literature is in the field of child assessment,
little in the elderly and very little in the working population.
C onclusions: From 1966 to the present, which Moiré topography has been
in use, there has been an improvement in the performance and accuracy and
sensitivity of the method. Nowadays, the Moiré topography is already so de-
veloped that it can be used with the help of a portable field work application.
For us, it also seems very useful for the work environment - in the workplace.
With the help of the established results, we can preventively or curatively in-
fluence posture disorders in an individual, which are mainly in the frontal plane
or are reflected in it.
Key words: Moiré topography, active population, workplace
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in the workplace
Sandra Martinuč, David Ravnik
University of Primorska, Faculty of Health Sciences, Polje 42, 6310 Izola, Slovenia
Starting points and purpose: Moiré topography (shading) is a non-invasive ap-
proach that has been used for decades to assess posture, especially in children
for scoliosis screening. In employed adults, its applicability is less researched
in the literature. The purpose of this paper is to use the literature to highlight
the applicability and main features of the Moiré topographic method for clini-
cal applications, especially those associated with postural deviations among the
working active population, from the first day of use to the present.
Content presentation: In Moiré topography, we observe and evaluate contour
l ines (shadows) on the body that result from the projection of a point light
source through a grid located between a human and a source. The technique
allows a good spatial assessment of the symmetry of the observed (right-left)
and is useful especially in the assessment of postures in the frontal plane (eg
scoliosis), as well as the sagittal and transvenous planes. Because the technique
is non-invasive and correlates well with X-ray images, and mobile, it can also be
used in the field, so it can also be used in the work environment. The literature
states that it is most useful in children, but it can also be used in posture assess-
ments, assessments of leg, spine and shoulder irregularities, assessment of the
impact of sport on torso morphology, recognition of spinal and torso deform-
ities in the elderly, etc. Most of the literature is in the field of child assessment,
little in the elderly and very little in the working population.
C onclusions: From 1966 to the present, which Moiré topography has been
in use, there has been an improvement in the performance and accuracy and
sensitivity of the method. Nowadays, the Moiré topography is already so de-
veloped that it can be used with the help of a portable field work application.
For us, it also seems very useful for the work environment - in the workplace.
With the help of the established results, we can preventively or curatively in-
fluence posture disorders in an individual, which are mainly in the frontal plane
or are reflected in it.
Key words: Moiré topography, active population, workplace
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