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Is Visual Vertical Perception Altered in Children and Adolescents with Spinal Misalignment? A Cross-Sectional Study

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/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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Clinical Takeaway

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.

Why It Matters

If spinal misalignment measurably disrupts subjective visual vertical perception, it may point to broader sensorimotor integration issues relevant to vestibular assessment in pediatric populations.

Key Points
  1. 01Cross-sectional design compared visual vertical perception in children/adolescents with and without spinal misalignment.
  2. 02Subjective visual vertical is a marker of how the brain integrates signals from the eyes, inner ears, and body position sensors.
  3. 03Spinal misalignment may disrupt somatosensory inputs that contribute to postural and vestibular processing.
  4. 04Findings are preliminary; no causal relationship can be drawn from this design.
  5. 05Published in Diagnostics (MDPI open-access journal).
Claims & Evidence

Spinal misalignment in children and adolescents alters subjective visual vertical perception.

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Research metadata
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

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