Investigation of Gender-Related Changes of Craniocervical Region Variables on MRI in Adults with Reduced Cervical Lordosis Angle

Year 2025, Volume: 7 Issue: 1, 64 - 67, 15.01.2025

Gamze Taşkın Şenol , İbrahim Kürtül , Gülçin Ray , Abdullah Ray , Tacettin Ayanoğlu

https://doi.org/10.37990/medr.1561148

Abstract

Aim: In the present study, the aim has been to evaluate the variables related to the craniocervical region on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of individuals with reduced cervical lordosis angle and to reveal the differences between genders.
Material and Method: Totally, 9 variables have been measured on the cervical vertebrae images of 120 individuals. The variables measured are as follows: Dens height (DH), dens anteroposterior distance (APDD), dens apical ligament length (LALD), foramen magnum sagittal diameter (SDFM), spinal canal anteroposterior diameter (APCSD), retropharyngeal space length (LRS), dens anteroposterior distance (ASDD), total cervical vertebrae length (TCVL) and dens angle (DA). Statistical analyses of the variables were performed with Minitab® 21.2 (64-bit) and R program.
Results: The study's results were as follows, men and women, respectively: DH: 31.5±2.8, 30.1±2.6, ASDD: 36.1, 34.2, TCVL: 116.2±7.2, 107.7±6.1. According to the analysis, the differences in DH, ASDD and TCVL variables between men and women were found to be statistically significant.
Conclusion: The study, which used MRI of the cervical region, found that gender was effective in the variables on the craniocervical region in individuals with reduced cervical lordosis angle and morphometric data related to the population were obtained.

Keywords

Gender, cervical vertebrae, lordosis, morphology, magnetic resonance imaging

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