Is the disappearance of the cervical flexion-relaxation phenomenon associated with cervical degeneration in healthy people?

• Published in: European spine journal Vol. 33; no. 8; pp. 2997 - 3007
• Main Authors: He, Peifeng, Yang, Yunbo, Wang, Minglang, Li, Dan, Yuan, Hao, Wang, Jianxiong, He, Qiang, Feng, Daxiong, Liu, Xuanwen
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.08.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Back surgery; Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Cervical Vertebrae - physiopathology; Degeneration; Differential diagnosis; Electromyography; Ethics; Female; Hospitals; Humans; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - diagnostic imaging; Intervertebral Disc Degeneration - physiopathology; Intervertebral discs; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Methods; Middle Aged; Neck pain; Neurosurgery; Original Article; Orthopedics; Range of Motion, Articular - physiology; Surgical Orthopedics; Vertebrae; X-rays; Nonspecific neck pain (NSNP); Cervical flexion-relaxation phenomenon (FRP); Cervical degeneration

Purpose This study aims to explore the differences in cervical degeneration between healthy people with and without cervical flexion-relaxation phenomenon (FRP) and to identify whether the disappearance of cervical FRP is related to cervical degeneration. Methods According to the flexion relaxation...