Table 2.
Comparison of measurements from the present study with those from Panjabi et al. [13, 14, 15]a (see Fig. 1 for nomenclature)
| Parameter | Vertebral level | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C3 | C4 | C5 | C6 | C7 | T1 | T2 | T3 | T4 | T5 | T6 | T7 | T8 | T9 | T10 | T11 | T12 | L1 | L2 | L3 | L4 | L5 | Average | |
| Difference compared with Panjabi et al. (%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| EPWu | −12.7 | −14.5 | −14.9 | −14.6 | −12.8 | +0.8 | −5.2 | −5.3 | −8.2 | −6.4 | −9.5 | −11.5 | −12.2 | −11.8 | −9.7 | −9.5 | −11.5 | −11.9 | −10.3 | −9.5 | −9.9 | −12.1 | −10.2 |
| EPWl | −16.9 | −11.8 | −18.0 | −11.4 | −13.2 | −2.5 | −9.0 | −10.9 | −3.5 | −8.5 | −12.1 | −7.9 | −8.5 | −11.5 | −9.9 | −9.7 | −13.5 | −9.5 | −9.0 | −9.4 | −8.5 | −11.5 | −10.4 |
| EPDu | −9.3 | −8.5 | −5.9 | −11.0 | −16.6 | −19.5 | −16.8 | −20.7 | −18.9 | −15.6 | −16.1 | −17.2 | −16.5 | −16.7 | −16.7 | −20.4 | −18.6 | −19.4 | −18.2 | −15.1 | −13.2 | −12.4 | −15.6 |
| EPDl | −3.2 | −4.4 | −15.6 | −15.1 | −7.1 | −19.8 | −18.1 | −18.5 | −18.4 | −16.3 | −14.5 | −17.5 | −16.0 | −17.7 | −17.1 | −15.4 | −17.1 | −19.3 | −16.3 | −13.2 | −10.6 | −13.6 | −14.7 |
| VBHp | −3.4 | −0.8 | −0.8 | +3.7 | −7.8 | −0.7 | −2.6 | −6.2 | −2.5 | +1.2 | −2.3 | −4.4 | −4.8 | −6.7 | −5.5 | −4.2 | +0.9 | −5.9 | −4.9 | −7.1 | −10.4 | −12.7 | −4.0 |
| SCW | −16.2 | −21.9 | −18.5 | −20.7 | −19.6 | −18.8 | −22.1 | −22.4 | −20.6 | −20.5 | −20.2 | −19.7 | −20.3 | −20.7 | −22.0 | −21.1 | −19.4 | −18.1 | −18.1 | −20.2 | −20.5 | −13.7 | −19.8 |
| SCD | −36.4 | −41.8 | −40.8 | −43.1 | −27.6 | −29.3 | −23.5 | −24.5 | −27.2 | −29.5 | −29.7 | −26.1 | −25.2 | −24.8 | −23.2 | −26.3 | −31.5 | −34.2 | −35.7 | −36.0 | −39.8 | −42.1 | −31.8 |
| PDHl | −6.9 | −9.6 | −13.7 | −20.0 | −13.3 | −16.2 | −19.0 | −18.3 | −26.2 | −21.9 | −25.0 | −22.1 | −15.2 | −21.7 | −14.7 | −20.2 | −15.5 | −17.1 | −12.8 | −17.1 | −14.5 | −9.2 | −16.8 |
| PDHr | −10.5 | −9.5 | −11.9 | −15.5 | −18.7 | −6.5 | −13.5 | −16.9 | −21.9 | −17.9 | −24.2 | −18.6 | −19.2 | −20.9 | −11.6 | −15.4 | −15.2 | −17.6 | −15.3 | −9.2 | −14.7 | −12.8 | −15.4 |
| PDWl | −16.7 | −9.8 | −7.9 | −8.9 | −13.9 | −14.9 | −22.8 | −26.2 | −41.4 | −33.3 | −26.7 | −17.3 | −35.8 | −35.1 | −38.1 | −33.6 | −9.3 | −39.1 | −26.4 | −24.8 | −38.1 | −41.1 | −25.5 |
| PDWr | −24.1 | −21.1 | −19.7 | −14.3 | −13.6 | −8.5 | −31.0 | −37.1 | −29.1 | −32.3 | −28.3 | −29.2 | −29.9 | −35.5 | −28.9 | −21.6 | −17.1 | −31.3 | −20.5 | −25.5 | −35.8 | −34.4 | −25.9 |
| SPL | −13.5 | +0.0 | +17.8 | +18.4 | +2.6 | −3.6 | −7.3 | −5.2 | −5.3 | −4.4 | −5.8 | +2.6 | −1.7 | −0.4 | +1.0 | +6.1 | +2.3 | −23.0 | −24.1 | −19.7 | −21.4 | −25.9 | −5.5 |
| TPW | −17.7 | −7.4 | +2.6 | −2.2 | −19.2 | −15.3 | −17.2 | −15.6 | −12.5 | −20.0 | −18.1 | −17.7 | −20.2 | −16.2 | −22.3 | −17.6 | −12.6 | −24.7 | −15.5 | −16.7 | −14.7 | −22.9 | −15.6 |
| EPAu | −8.7 | −7.5 | +2.5 | −4.8 | −20.7 | +1.6 | +4.4 | −5.4 | −1.9 | −4.1 | −6.4 | −12.8 | −8.6 | −13.3 | −11.8 | −16.0 | −16.6 | −15.8 | −13.4 | −6.4 | −7.0 | −8.9 | −8.3 |
| EPAl | +13.7 | +21.2 | +16.3 | +9.1 | +21.2 | −0.9 | −0.3 | −6.0 | −5.4 | −9.1 | −8.2 | −10.0 | −8.1 | −14.5 | −14.2 | −15.0 | −14.3 | −9.6 | −8.9 | −9.2 | −5.8 | −13.5 | −3.3 |
| SCA | −39.8 | −41.2 | −33.1 | −38.6 | −25.2 | −20.5 | −17.3 | −19.2 | −27.1 | −29.6 | −29.7 | −27.6 | −23.7 | −27.0 | −29.7 | −32.3 | −36.4 | −37.5 | −34.5 | −40.7 | −43.5 | −43.3 | −31.7 |
aThe value from Panjabi et al. is used as the reference