Researchers examined the cervical spine of 10 healthy patients and 15 patients with cervical spondylosis suing a three-dimensional MRI with the head rotated to five positions. The patients in the cervical spondylosis group showed significantly decreased axial rotation and mean coupled with lateral bending at C5-C6 and C6-C7. They also showed increased mean coupled lateral bending at C2-C3 and C3-C4.
Both groups showed the same pattern of coupled motions.
Read the report on the kinematics of patients with a spondylotic cervical spine.
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