The University of St. Thomas

student research

The Effect of Heel Inclination on Posture at the Cervical, Sacral, & Thoracic Vertebral Angles 
Sara Hillesheim
slhillesheim@stthomas.edu
Due to conflicting results, further research, new techniques or instrumentation is needed to reveal consistency in results.  
Posture is defined as “the relative arrangement of the various parts of the body” (Franklin, 94).
This purpose of this study was to determine whether wearing high heels changed the postural alignment of the spine.