Establishing a normative database for the sagittal configuration of the spine using an objective three dimensional measurement tool (the MIDAS System)

Background Assessment and retraining of posture is a traditionally integral physiotherapeutic intervention in the treatment of back pain, with the benefit of postural correction exercises for the relief of back pain being well documented. This lack of objective measures for assessing posture does not agree with standards set out by governing bodies in the United Kingdom, which stipulate that treatments should be based on objective markers and evidence-based practice. Previous studies with physiotherapists concluded that there was a need for an assessment system to provide objective, accurate results, displayed quantitatively and visually for Evidence Based Practice.