Sentence examples for vertebral alignment from inspiring English sources
In vivo vertebral alignment and muscle activation levels differed between the upright and inverted conditions.
Vertebral alignment was measured using fluoroscopy and muscle activity was recorded using surface and indwelling electrodes in eight superficial and deep neck muscles.
The specific objectives of this study were to determine the in vivo neck vertebral alignment and muscle activation levels when upside down, a condition that occurs during a rollover.
The mean ages of the patients were 32.3 years (range 17 52) and 36 years (range 19 50) in Group 1 and Group 2, respectively (Table 1).> Urgent decompression and vertebral alignment are required in the presence of neurological deficits.
Our working hypothesis for this study was that early orthodontic treatment in preadolescents with unilateral cross bite could induce a negative change in vertebral alignment with respect to the thoracic and lumbar spine sections.
Currently, Vallespir et al. [ 27] invented the technique of vertebral coplanar alignment (VCA) in which the thoracic scoliosis correction began in the convex side with pedicle screws placement.
Vertebral coplanar alignment (VCA) was described by Vallespir [ 14] who utilized the coplanar nature of the x- and z-axes of the spine to correct translation and rotation in patients with scoliosis.
Quantifying degenerative structural changes across multiple spinal segments is more challenging, but at minimum, the methods must account for the severity of disc space and facet joint degeneration [ 15], spinal stenosis [ 16, 17], and vertebral mal-alignment such as spondylolisthesis [ 12], scoliosis [ 18], and kyphosis [ 19].
On conventional coronal reformats the vertebral morphology and alignment is not easily assessed (a, b).
The manipulation force applied was localized to the dysfunctional vertebral segment utilizing alignments of force vectors secondary to subject positioning.
For example, the procedure of choice for decompression of the cervical spine depends on a variety of factors including the source and location of the compression, the number of vertebral segments involved, cervical alignment, and surgeon experience [31].
