Analysis of motion of the head.
This study was undertaken to determine the geometric form of the surface on which a fixed point on the head moves as a result of neck motion. Motion of a retroreflective marker on the glabella of six normal subjects was stereoscopically recorded by two video cameras, during a variety of neck motions, performed on command. Near real-time computer analysis in three dimensions of the video images showed the marker moved on a surface that very closely approximated an elliptical paraboloid (with tendency to a hemisphere), after extraneous shoulder motion had been eliminated. Parameters defining the elliptical paraboloids were obtained. Using a reflex microscope, the shape of the articular facets on skull base and superior facets of C1 and C2 of 6 normal subjects were examined. The shapes of all these facets were calculated and also found to be elliptical paraboloids.
Adams
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LP
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Tregidga
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Driver-Jowitt
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JP
Selby
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P
Wynchank
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006257:Head / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology; D014743:Videotape Recording