Spinal curvature for the assessment of spinal stability Online publication date: Tue, 22-Mar-2016
by Senay Mihcin
International Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology (IJBET), Vol. 20, No. 3, 2016
Abstract: Posture is one of the most important factors in spinal stability. To investigate the spinal instability, a tool was developed using the Thrustline theory. A pilot postural data pool was formed from a sample population of 40 healthy males and females for this computational model by using a device called Spinal Mouse® (SM) to record the relative positions of the vertebral bodies firstly. Then, the 2D coordinates of the vertebral bodies were calculated by an in-house developed code. Student's t-tests showed significance of difference between the postures was mostly higher for X coordinates with p-value of <0.01 and with p-value of <0.05 for Y coordinates. The postural differences between the genders indicated that a pilot database is required while developing a tool for assessing the spinal stability for each gender. Flow chart demonstrated the feasibility of the application. For clinical applications, combination of the developed software with electromyography (EMG) was recommended.
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