Table 3.
Description of the C-arm Movement as Specified in the Previous Literature
| Movement | Chaganti et al7 | Williams et al8 | Pally et al17 | Yeo et al6 | De Muinck et al9 |
| 1 | Orbital rotation | Rollover/under | Rotate over/back | Swing up/down | Can’t forward/backward |
| 2 | Angulation | Tilt north/south (or left/right if working on upper extremity) | Tilt distal/proximal | Roll up/down | Can’t toward the foot-end/head-end |
| 3 | N/A | Move north/South (or left/Right if working on upper extremity) | (Verb not specified) proximal/distal | Base up/down | C-arm to the head-end/foot-end |
| 4 | Swivel/panel | Swing north/South” (or left/Right if working on upper extremity | Swing proximal/distal | N/A | Turn to the foot-end/head-end |
| 5 | Swivel/panel | N/A | N/A | Rock up/down | N/A |
| 6 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 7 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 8 | Vertical movement | Raise up/toward ceiling, lower down/toward floor | Raise/lower | C-arm up/down | |
| 9 | Horizontal movement | N/A | N/A | Arm in/out | N/A |
| 10 | N/A | Come in/back out | (Verb not specified) in/out | N/A | Drive in/out |
N/A = not applicable.