Range of motion of the mid-cervical spine: human versus goat.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The goat cervical spine represents a promising alternative for human specimen in spinal implant testing, but the range of motion (ROM) of the spine is lacking. We aimed to evaluate and compare the ROMs of fresh goat and human mid-cervical spine specimens.

Methods

Ten fresh adult healthy male goat cervical spine specimens (G group) and ten fresh frozen adult healthy human cervical spine specimens (average age: 49.5 ± 12.1 years; 6 males, 4 females) (H group) were included. The ROMs of each specimen were biomechanically tested at the C_2-3, C_3-4, C_4-5 and C_2-5 levels at 1.5 Nm and 2.5 Nm torque and recorded. The ROMs of different levels of goat cervical samples were compared to those of human cervical samples using an indep

SUBMITTER: Dong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10249303 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature