Clinical Measures Related to Forward Shoulder Posture: A Reliability and Correlational Study.

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to examine the reliability of clinical measures related to forward shoulder posture (pectoralis minor index [PMI], scapular index [SI], abduction index [AI], acromion to the wall index [AWI] acromion to the treatment table index [ATI], and thoracic curvature [TC]), and to investigate the association (redundancy) among these measures.

Methods: Twenty-one asymptomatic participants participated in this study. Two physiotherapists were trained to perform the clinical measurements.