/Objectives . Spinal misalignment in childhood and adolescence may be associated with altered sensory integration and body representation. The subjective visual vertical reflects visual, vestibular, and somatosensory integration, but its relationship with pediatric spinal misalignment remains uncertain. This study investigated the subjective visual vertical using two complementary paradigms. Methods ....
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Discussion
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No actionable change for audiology practice; this study addresses sensory integration in pediatric spinal misalignment and has no direct clinical implication for hearing or vestibular management at this time.
If spinal misalignment measurably disrupts subjective visual vertical perception, it may point to broader sensorimotor integration issues relevant to vestibular assessment in pediatric populations.
- 01Cross-sectional design compared visual vertical perception in children/adolescents with and without spinal misalignment.
- 02Subjective visual vertical is a marker of how the brain integrates signals from the eyes, inner ears, and body position sensors.
- 03Spinal misalignment may disrupt somatosensory inputs that contribute to postural and vestibular processing.
- 04Findings are preliminary; no causal relationship can be drawn from this design.
- 05Published in Diagnostics (MDPI open-access journal).
Spinal misalignment in children and adolescents alters subjective visual vertical perception.
studypartially supported- PMID
- 42587697
- DOI
- 10.3390/diagnostics16152461.
- Journal
- Diagnostics
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 3
- Population
- Children and adolescents with spinal misalignment
- Intervention
- Assessment of subjective visual vertical perception in participants with spinal misalignment
- Comparator
- Children/adolescents without spinal misalignment (implied cross-sectional comparison)
Primary outcomes
Subjective visual vertical perception accuracy