Norlander S, Aste-Norlander U, Nordgren B, Sahlstedt B
Research Foundation for Occupational Safety and Health in the Swedish Construction Industry, Uppsala.
Scand J Rehabil Med. 1995 Jun;27(2):89-98.
Pain and limitation of spinal mobility are symptoms frequently reported by patients. Many methods have been used to assess the total range of mobility in the different parts of the spine, but there is no method for clinical examination of segmental mobility. The aim of this study was to describe such a technique concerning of segmental flexion mobility in the cervico-thoracic spine, C7-T5, and to present a model for classification of mobility. The results of this study show that the relative flexion mobility examined, according to the Cervico-Thoracic-Ratio technique (CTR), may become a valuable complement to conventional methods of assessing mobility in the cervical spine. The normalized CTR values are less influenced by the individual factors age, body weight, height and number of years at work and the classification model presented makes functional analysis of segmental flexion mobility in the cervico-junction and upper thoracic spine more substantial.
疼痛和脊柱活动受限是患者经常报告的症状。已经使用了许多方法来评估脊柱不同部位的总活动范围，但目前尚无用于节段性活动度临床检查的方法。本研究的目的是描述一种关于颈胸段脊柱（C7-T5）节段性屈曲活动度的技术，并提出一种活动度分类模型。本研究结果表明，根据颈胸比技术（CTR）检测的相对屈曲活动度，可能成为评估颈椎活动度传统方法的有价值补充。标准化的CTR值受年龄、体重、身高和工作年限等个体因素的影响较小，所提出的分类模型使颈胸交界处和上胸椎节段性屈曲活动度的功能分析更加充实。
