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. 2010 Feb 26;19(7):1104–1114. doi: 10.1007/s00586-010-1326-9

Table 1.

Anatomical dimensions measured per vertebra and abbreviations used

Anatomical dimension Abbreviation Intra-CC 95% CI Inter-CC 95% CI
Vertebral body height anterior VBHa 0.98 0.56–1.00 0.98 0.93–0.99
Vertebral body height central VBHc 0.99 0.88–1.00 0.99 0.92–1.00
Vertebral body height posterior VBHp 0.99 0.78–1.00 0.98 0.84–0.99
Upper end-plate width UEPW 0.99 0.98–1.00 0.99 0.97–0.99
Upper end-plate depth UEPD 0.97 0.89–0.99 0.95 0.85–0.98
Lower end-plate width LEPW 0.99 0.98–1.00 0.96 0.89–0.99
Lower end-plate depth LEPD 0.99 0.93–1.00 0.98 0.94–0.99
Intervertebral disc height IDH 0.94 0.86–0.97 0.93 0.86–0.97
Spinal canal width SCW 0.90 0.60–0.98 0.91 0.81–0.96
Spinal canal depth SCD 0.83 0.63–0.95 0.86 0.75–0.94
Transverse processus length TPL 1.00 0.99–1.00 0.98 0.97–0.99
Spinous processus length SPL 0.92 0.81–0.97 0.95 0.90–0.98
Spinous processus angle SPA 0.97 0.94–0.99 0.83 0.59–0.94
Pedicle height (average right and left) PedH 0.91 0.70–0.98 0.89 0.54–0.96
Pedicle width (average right and left) PedW 0.97 0.93–0.99 0.94 0.88–0.97
Pedicle angle (average right and left) PedA 0.92 0.78–0.97 0.89 0.67–0.96

Intraclass correlations (intra-CC), interclass correlations (inter-CC), and 95% confidence intervals (CI) of the measuring method per anatomical dimension