Development and testing of a new application for measuring motion at the cervical spine.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cervical myelopathy is a progressive disease, and early detection and treatment contribute to prognosis. Evaluation of cervical intervertebral instability by simple X-ray is used in clinical setting and the information about instability is important to understand the cause of myelopathy, but evaluation of the intervertebral instability by X-ray is complicated. To reduce the burden of clinicians, a system that automatically measures the range of motion was developed by comparing the flexed and extended positions in the lateral view of a simple X-ray of the cervical spine. The accuracy of the system was verified by comparison with spine surgeons and residents to determine whether the system could withstand actual use.

Methods

An algorithm was created to recognize th

SUBMITTER: Fujita K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9644540 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature