Clinical Biomechanics of Posteroanterior Pressure to the Spine

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Posteroanterior pressure is a common manual technique used for the clinical assessment and treatment of vertebral column disorders. The purpose of this article is to describe the clinical biomechanics of the posteroanterior pressure to the spine. To establish the biomechanical effect of the posteroanterior pressure on the vertebral column, the applied load is defined by two components of force and the moment produced by that force. The clinical implications are also described in terms of the componenents of force and the moment produced by the posteroanterior pressure.