The seventh cervical vertebra is an appropriate landmark for thoracic kyphosis measures using distance from the wall
| Autor: | Arpassanan Wiyanad, Sugalya Amatachaya, Pipatana Amatachaya, Patcharawan Suwannarat, Pakwipa Chokphukiao, Thanat Sooknuan, Chitanongk Gaogasigam |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Hong Kong Physiotherapy Journal, Vol 43, Iss 01, Pp 43-51 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 10137025 1876-441X 1013-7025 |
| DOI: | 10.1142/S1013702523500038 |
| Popis: | Background: Hyperkyphosis is frequently found nowadays due to the change in current lifestyles and age-related system decline. A simple hyperkyphosis measurement can be made easily using the perpendicular distance from the landmark to the wall. However, the existing evidence applied two different landmarks [occiput and the seventh cervical vertebra (C7)] and the measurement using rulers was susceptible to error due to their misalignment. Objective: To assess an appropriate landmark for thoracic kyphosis measurement using distance from the wall (KMD), by comparing between occiput and C7, as measured using rulers and verified using data from a specially developed machine, the so-called infrared-gun kyphosis wall distance tool (IG-KypDisT), and the Cobb angles. Methods: Community-dwelling individuals with a risk of thoracic hyperkyphosis (age [Formula: see text] years, [Formula: see text]) were cross-sectionally assessed for their thoracic hyperkyphosis using the perpendicular distance from the landmarks, occiput and C7, to the wall using rulers and IG-KypDisT. Then the Cobb angles of these participants were measured within seven days. Results: The outcomes from both landmarks differed by approximately 0.8[Formula: see text]cm ([Formula: see text] 0.084). The outcomes derived from C7 were more reliable (ICCs[Formula: see text]0.93, [Formula: see text]0.001), with greater concurrent validity with the radiologic data ([Formula: see text] 0.738, [Formula: see text]0.001), with the overall variance predicted by the regression models for the Cobb angles being higher than that from the occiput (47–48% from C7 and 38–39% from occiput). The outcomes derived from rulers and IG-KypDisT showed no significant differences. Conclusion: The present findings support the reliability and validity of KMD assessments at C7 using rulers as a simple standard measure of thoracic hyperkyphosis that can be used in various clinical, community, and research settings. |
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