Radiologic evaluation of the function of the cervical spine.
Cervical functional examinations initiated in 1965 suggested the need of a correlated, multifactorial expression of the cervical sagittal movement function, allowing comparative evaluations of physiologic-diagnostic significance. Technical aspects of the successive steps of investigation, together with the final morphologic-functional formula are described. The significance of the normal and abnormal functional patterns, identified in a selected series of 300 cases, is finally discussed.
D000328:Adult; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D013128:Spinal Osteophytosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology