ArticleJOR spine2025
Range of Motion and Neutral Zone of All Human Spinal Motion Segments: A Data Collection of 30 Years of In Vitro Experiments Performed Under Standardized Testing Conditions.
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Abstract
Background: Spinal flexibility can vary among spinal sections and single motion segments. The purpose of this work was to provide a comprehensive overview of the range of motion (RoM) and neutral zone (NZ) values of all spinal levels collected during 30 years of in vitro experiments under standardized testing conditions. Methods: RoM and NZ data obtained from in vitro testing of intact human mono- and polysegmental specimens with pure moments of 2.5 Nm for the cervical, 5 Nm for the thoracic, and 7.5 Nm for the lumbar spine were collated from the internal database of the authors' institution. Descriptive statistics were performed with median values and median absolute deviations. Outliers were defined as values beyond twofold standard deviation and excluded from evaluation. Normal distribution was verified using the Shapiro-Wilk test. Results: RoM and NZ data of Conclusions: This unique summary of RoM and NZ data, acquired under the same loading conditions in the same spine tester, provides a detailed insight into overall spinal flexibility and will serve as a valid dataset for the validation of in vitro studies and numerical models of the single motion segments of the spine.
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