"Posture" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The position or physical attitude of the body.
| Descriptor ID |
D011187
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G11.427.695
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| Concept/Terms |
Seated Position- Seated Position
- Position, Seated
- Positions, Seated
- Seated Positions
Standing Position- Standing Position
- Position, Standing
- Positions, Standing
- Standing Positions
Sitting Position- Sitting Position
- Position, Sitting
- Positions, Sitting
- Sitting Positions
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Posture" by people in this website by year, and whether "Posture" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2001 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2005 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2007 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2008 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Posture" by people in Profiles.
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EEG-Controlled Exoskeleton for Walking and Standing: A Longitudinal Multimodal Dataset of Healthy Individuals. Sci Data. 2026 Jun 01; 13(1).
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Positioned for success: ergonomics in anesthesiology. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2025 Dec 01; 38(6):808-814.
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Adaptive landscapes unveil the complex evolutionary path from sprawling to upright forelimb function and posture in mammals. PLoS Biol. 2025 06; 23(6):e3003188.
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Kinematic analysis of volunteers in a highly reclined rigid seat in limited load frontal sled tests. Traffic Inj Prev. 2026; 27(3):381-388.
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Single-View Fluoroscopic X-Ray Pose Estimation: A Comparison of Alternative Loss Functions and Volumetric Scene Representations. J Imaging Inform Med. 2025 Oct; 38(5):2600-2612.
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Head posture impacts mammalian hyoid position and suprahyoid muscle length: implication for swallowing biomechanics. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2023 12 04; 378(1891):20220552.
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Object representation in a gravitational reference frame. Elife. 2023 08 10; 12.
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Proprioceptive sensitivity to imposed finger deflections. J Neurophysiol. 2022 02 01; 127(2):412-420.
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Neurocranium thickness mapping in early childhood. Sci Rep. 2020 10 06; 10(1):16651.
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A Teenager With Leg Rash, Fevers, and Positional Dyspnea. Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2020 11; 59(13):1214-1218.