Quantitative measurements of forward head in college-aged students: A conformational study of intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of a novel Posture Measuring Device.

Introduction: Medical professionals frequently encounter forward head postures (FHP) in the treatment of cervical spine pain. In the clinical setting, FHP measurements are often described subjectively using the phrase, "patient demonstrates forward head posture." There are reliable tools that can objectively measure FHP, but they are not frequently used in the clinical setting on a regular basis because the tools are unavailable, inconvenient or overly time-consuming.