MUMBAI, India, June 16 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202611054458 A) filed by Swami Rama Himalayan University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, on April 29, for 'a method for goniometric measurment of cervical retraction.'

Inventor(s) include Dr. Ankit Sharma; Dr. Vaibhav Agarwal; Dr. Anustha Vishnoi; Dr. Megha Bahuguna; Dr. Shubham Nema; and Ms. Anuradha Sharma.

The application for the patent was published on June 5, under issue no. 23/2026.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "In the field of musculoskeletal assessment and physical therapy, a standardized goniometric method for quantifying cervical retraction during the Turtle Neck exercise is provided. The method comprises ...