A New Index for Cervical Curvature Evaluation - Relative Cervical Curvature Area

• Published in: World neurosurgery Vol. 189; pp. e777 - e786
• Main Authors: Gu, Jiangpeng, Wang, Xiaoman, Xiong, Junchen, Xiao, Jun, Tian, Zirui, Liu, Xiaomin, Tian, Yu, Feng, Wei, Du, Junjie, Wang, Fei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2024
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cervical classification; Cervical malalignment; Cervical sagittal parameters; Cervical spine; Cervical Vertebrae - diagnostic imaging; Female; Humans; Kyphosis; Lordosis; Lordosis - diagnostic imaging; Male; Middle Aged; Reproducibility of Results; Sigmoidal; Spondylosis - diagnostic imaging; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Cervical malalignment; Cervical sagittal parameters; Kyphosis; Sigmoidal; Cervical classification; ROC; ICC; Lordosis; Cervical spine; SVA

To put forward a new index of cervical curvature evaluation - relative cervical curvature area, and a new classification of cervical spine was proposed according to the relative cervical curvature area. A total of 167 subjects with cervical spondylosis were included in the study. Firstly, 119 subjec...