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dc.contributor.authorTuttle, N
dc.contributor.authorEvans, K
dc.contributor.authorRocha, CSDS
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-24T03:10:32Z
dc.date.available2021-05-24T03:10:32Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn2073-8994
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/sym13050739
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/404609
dc.description.abstractTropism, or asymmetry, of facet joints in the cervical spine has been found to be related to degenerative changes of the joints and discs. Clinicians often assume that differences in segmental mobility are related to tropism. The aims of this study were to determine the relationship between asymmetry of facet joints in the sub-axial cervical spine and (1) segmental mobility and (2) spinal levels perceived by therapists to have limited mobility. Eighteen participants with idiopathic neck pain had MRIs of their cervical spine in neutral and at the end of active rotation. Angular movement and translational movement of each motion segment was calculated from 3D segmentations of the vertebrae. A plane was fitted to the facet on each side. Tropism was considered to be the difference in the orientation of the facet planes and ranged from 1 to 30° with a median of 7.7°. No relationships were found between the extent of tropism and either segmental movement or locations deemed to be symptomatic. Tropism in the sub-axial cervical spine does not appear to be related to segmental mobility in rotation or to levels deemed to be symptomatic
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageen
dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom739
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalSymmetry
dc.relation.ispartofvolume13
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.titleTropism of sub-axial cervical facet joints is not related to segmental movement during active movement or therapist-perceived symptomatic locations
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dcterms.bibliographicCitationTuttle, N; Evans, K; Rocha, CSDS, Tropism of sub-axial cervical facet joints is not related to segmental movement during active movement or therapist-perceived symptomatic locations, Symmetry, 2021, 13 (5), pp. 739
dcterms.licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.date.updated2021-05-23T23:07:14Z
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gro.griffith.authorTuttle, Neil A.


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