TY - JOUR
T1 - Noninvasive measurement of cervical tri-planar motion in normal subjects
AU - Mayer, Tom
AU - Brady, Susan
AU - Bovasso, Elizabeth
AU - Pope, Priscilla
AU - Gatchel, Robert Joseph
PY - 1993/1/1
Y1 - 1993/1/1
N2 - An electronic digital inclinometer was used to obtain normative data on cervical mobility from 58 normal subjects. They consisted of 28 males (age range, 17-61) and 30 females (age range, 19-62). The measurements were taken from occiput to T1 in flexion-extension, lateral bend, and axial rotation, isolating the regional motion by measuring simultaneously the upper and lower margins of the eight mobile segments. A comparison of radiographs and inclinometer measures showed excellent correlations (r < 0.9997, P < 0.05). Normative data are presented. Gender-specific regional mobility differences occurred only in cervical extension, whereas no consistent age-related differences were found. Stiffer individuals could be found in either gender or any age group, but rigidity in one plane did not necessarily predict rigidity in another.
AB - An electronic digital inclinometer was used to obtain normative data on cervical mobility from 58 normal subjects. They consisted of 28 males (age range, 17-61) and 30 females (age range, 19-62). The measurements were taken from occiput to T1 in flexion-extension, lateral bend, and axial rotation, isolating the regional motion by measuring simultaneously the upper and lower margins of the eight mobile segments. A comparison of radiographs and inclinometer measures showed excellent correlations (r < 0.9997, P < 0.05). Normative data are presented. Gender-specific regional mobility differences occurred only in cervical extension, whereas no consistent age-related differences were found. Stiffer individuals could be found in either gender or any age group, but rigidity in one plane did not necessarily predict rigidity in another.
KW - Axial rotation
KW - Cervical range of motion
KW - Cervical spine
KW - Coronal lateral bend
KW - Impairment evaluation
KW - Inclinometry
KW - Sagittal flexion-extension
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U2 - 10.1097/00007632-199311000-00007
DO - 10.1097/00007632-199311000-00007
M3 - Article
C2 - 8278830
AN - SCOPUS:0027496869
SN - 0362-2436
VL - 18
SP - 2191
EP - 2195
JO - Spine
JF - Spine
IS - 15
ER -