Cervical Spine Axial Rotation Goniometer Design

Year 2012, Volume: 16 Issue: 3, 337 - 341, 01.06.2012

Emin Ulaş Erdem Filiz Can

Abstract

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Keywords

Neck rotation, joint position sense, cervical spine, goniometer

Servikal Omurga Aksiyel Rotasyon Gonyometre Dizaynı

Abstract

To evaluate the cervical spine rotation movement is quiet harder than other joints. Configuration and arrangement of current goniometers and devices is not always practic in clinics and some methods are quiet expensive. The cervical axial rotation goniometer designed by the authors is consists of five pieces (head apparatus, chair, goniometric platform, eye pads and camera). With this goniometer design a detailed evaluation of cervical spine range of motion can be obtained. Besides, measurement of "joint position sense" which is recently has rising interest in researches can be made practically with this goniometer.

Keywords

Boyun rotasyonu, eklem pozisyon hissi, servikal omurga, gonyometre

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