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Relationship Between Forward Head Posture and Diagnosed Internal Derangement of the Temporomandibular Joint
1The Health Institute, Division of Methodist Hospitals Inc of Gary and Merriilvilie, Indiana 8683 Connecticut Street, Merriliviile, indiana 46410
2Regionai Head, Neck, and TMJ Treatment Center, St Margaret Mercy Medicai Center (South Campus), Dyer, Indiana
3Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Schooi of Dentistry, University of iilinois, Chicago
4Krannert Graduate Schooi of Physical Therapy, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis. Indiana
*Corresponding Author(s): Jim Hackney E-mail:
The purpose of this study was to determine if a sample of patients with internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint had a significantly greater amount of forward head posture than did an age- and gender-matched control group. Twenty-two patients at a single head, neck, and temporomandibular joint treatment center, who had the diagnosis of internal derangement of the temporomandibular joint, were compared with a control group of volunteers. The angle of each patient's head position was measured from four photographs (two of the patient sitting and two of the patient standing) with a diagonal line drawn from the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra to the tragus of the ear and a horizontal line drawn perpendicular to a plumb line suspended from the ceiling. The angles measured from each of the four photographs were averaged, and this figure was paired with that generated from an age- and gender-matched person in the control group. Results indicated that there was not a significantly greater degree of forward head posture in the experimental group.
Jim Hackney, Daniel Bade, Ann Clawson. Relationship Between Forward Head Posture and Diagnosed Internal Derangement of the Temporomandibular Joint. Journal of Oral & Facial Pain and Headache. 1993. 7(4);386-390.
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