title: Reproducibility of natural head position measured with an inclinometer.
abstract: Sagittal (pitch) and transversal (roll) natural head position (NHP) was measured once in 20 subjects, 18 to 24 years of age, with an inclinometer; the measurements were repeated 2 years later. The method error (reproducibility) after 2 years was 1.1 degrees for sagittal and transversal measurements. The mean change in NHP measurement was -0.3 degrees for both measurements, and the variance was 1.21 degrees (= 1.1(2)).
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey. susumez@selcuk.edu.tr
authors.forename: Serdar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uşümez
authors.forename: Metin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orhan
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006257:Head / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D019416:Head Movements; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011187:Posture; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric