Cervical spine deformity—part 1: biomechanics, radiographic parameters, and classification

LA Tan, KD Riew, VC Traynelis - Neurosurgery, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Cervical spine deformities can have a significant negative impact on the quality of life by
causing pain, myelopathy, radiculopathy, sensorimotor deficits, as well as inability to …

[HTML][HTML] Cervical sagittal alignment: literature review and future directions

SH Lee, SJ Hyun, A Jain - Neurospine, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cervical alignment as a concept has come to the forefront for spine deformity research in the
last decade. Studies on cervical sagittal alignment started from normative data, and …

Differences in erect sitting and natural sitting spinal alignment—insights into a new paradigm and implications in deformity correction

HWD Hey, CG Wong, ETC Lau, KA Tan, LL Lau… - The Spine Journal, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Context Sitting spinal alignment is increasingly recognized as a factor
influencing strategy for deformity correction. Considering that most individuals sit for longer …

[HTML][HTML] Sagittal alignment of the cervical spine: do we know enough for successful surgery?

AQA Teo, AC Thomas, HWD Hey - Journal of Spine Surgery, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Over the past decade, there has been growing interest in the sagittal alignment of the
cervical spine and its correlation to clinical outcomes. It is now known that cervical lordosis is …

Cervical alignment variations in different postures and predictors of normal cervical kyphosis: a new understanding

HWD Hey, ETC Lau, GC Wong, KA Tan, GKP Liu… - Spine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
Study Design. Comparative study of prospectively collected radiographic data. Objective. To
predict physiological alignment of the cervical spine and study its morphology in different …

Spinopelvic compensatory mechanisms for reduced hip motion (ROM) in the setting of hip osteoarthritis

AJ Buckland, L Steinmetz, P Zhou, D Vasquez-Montes… - Spine Deformity, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Study Design Retrospective review from a single institution. Objective To
investigate the effect of hip osteoarthritis (OA) on spinopelvic compensatory mechanisms as …

Differences in spinal posture and mobility between children/adolescents with obesity and age-matched normal-weight individuals

ME Bayartai, CE Schaer, H Luomajoki, G Tringali… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The aim of this study was to cross-sectionally explore the association of obesity with spinal
posture and mobility, commonly associated with musculoskeletal problems, by comparing …

Differences in spinal posture and mobility between adults with obesity and normal weight individuals

ME Bayartai, H Luomajoki, G Tringali, R De Micheli… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The aim of this study was to cross-sectionally investigate the relationships between obesity
and spinal posture as well as mobility by comparing the spinal parameters between adults …

The standing and sitting sagittal spinopelvic alignment of Chinese young and elderly population: does age influence the differences between the two positions?

S Zhou, Z Sun, W Li, W Wang, T Su, C Du, W Li - European Spine Journal, 2020 - Springer
Purpose To investigate the characteristics of standing and sitting spinopelvic sagittal
alignment among Chinese healthy population with different age groups. Method This cross …

Notions of “optimal” posture are loaded with meaning. Perceptions of sitting posture among asymptomatic members of the community

V Korakakis, K O'Sullivan, R Whiteley… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Notions of “optimal” posture are widespread in modern society and strongly
interconnected with preconceived beliefs. Objectives To quantitatively evaluate spinal …