Research Progress on Evaluation Indexes of Cervical Spine Kinematics
Cervical kinematics is used to describe the change of the position of the cervical spine in space with time.The kinemat-ics principle is used to study the shape and size of the human cervical spine under normal physiological load and pathological state.With the deepening of research on cervical spine kinematics,it has been found that motion indicators play an important role in the diagnosis and efficacy evaluation of cervical spine diseases.This article reviews the measurement methods and clinical application progress of cervical spine motion range,intervertebral motion quality parameters,motion curve,motion smoothness and velocity.It is found that the range of motion,motion curve,velocity and smoothness of cervical spine are suitable for the auxiliary diagnosis and efficacy evaluation of various cervical spine diseases.The quality parameters of cervical intervertebral motion have a good effect on suggesting cervical degeneration and assisting in the design of intervertebral disc prosthesis.There is a certain relationship be-tween the motion indexes.The change of the intervertebral motion quality parameters affects the motion range,and the change of the motion range affects the overall change of the motion curve.
cervical spinekinematicsrange of motioninstantaneous rotation axissmoothnessspeed of motionmotion curve