COMPARISON OF RADIOGRAPHIC METHODS FOR MEASURING CERVICAL SPINE CURVATURE

COMPARAçãO DOS MéTODOS RADIOGRáFICOS PARA A MENSURAçãO DA CURVATURA DA COLUNA CERVICAL

COMPARACIóN DE LOS MéTODOS RADIOGRáFICOS PARA LA MEDICIóN DE LA CURVATURA DE LA COLUMNA CERVICAL

ABSTRACT

Objectives:  Compare three methods for evaluating the curvature of the cervical spine (Cobb, Jackson and Harrison method) considering the morphological types of cervical curvature (lordotic, straightened, sigmoid and kyphotic).

Method:  Ten lateral radiographs of each type of cervical curvature (lordotic, rectified, sigmoid and kyphotic) were used to measure the curvature of the cervical spine using the Cobb, Jackson and Harrison methods. The results were compared.

Results:  he methods for assessing cervical curvature showed statistical differences in the assessment of the group of individuals and in the individualized assessment of each morphological type of cervical spine curvature.

Conclusion:  he methods for assessing cervical spine curvature present differences in relation to angular measurement and the difference in measurement was also observed in the different morphological types of cervical spine curvature. Evidence level III, retrospective comparative study.

Keywords:
Spine; Spinal Curvatures; Postural Balance.