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A secondary objective was to determine the level of agreement between the inclinometer angle and the flexicurve angle and to provide an equation to approximate one angle from the other.<jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. Thirty swimmers participated. Thoracic kyphosis was measured using the flexicurve and the manual inclinometer. Intraclass correlation coefficient, 95% confidence interval, and standard error of measurement were computed.<jats:italic>Results<\/jats:italic>. The flexicurve angle and index showed excellent intrarater (ICC = 0.94) and good interrater (ICC = 0.86) reliability. The inclinometer demonstrated excellent intrarater (ICC = 0.92) and interrater (ICC = 0.90) reliability. The flexicurve angle was systematically smaller and correlated poorly with the inclinometer angle (<mml:math xmlns:mml=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1998\/Math\/MathML\" id=\"M1\"><mml:msup><mml:mrow><mml:mi>R<\/mml:mi><\/mml:mrow><mml:mrow><mml:mn>2<\/mml:mn><\/mml:mrow><\/mml:msup><mml:mo>=<\/mml:mo><mml:mn>0.384<\/mml:mn><\/mml:math>). The following equations can be used for approximate conversions: flexicurve angle = (0.275 \u00d7 inclinometer angle) + 8.478; inclinometer angle = (1.396 \u00d7 flexicurve angle) + 8.694.<jats:italic>Conclusion<\/jats:italic>. The inclinometer and flexicurve are both reliable instruments for thoracic kyphosis measurement in swimmers. 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