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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

各種常用頸椎支架功能之評詁

Abstract

For investigation of the effectiveness of 5 cervical orthoses which were made in Taiwan, cervical motion was evaluated quantitatively by using roentgenograms and overhead goniometry. Thirty normal young men were divided into five groups for the study of normal control, soft collar, rigid collar, 4 poster brace, Somi brace, which another 5 cases of cervical fracture were studied with Halo vest application.The subject was immobilized in a straight back chair to eliminate trunk motion, lateral cervical spine films were taken in neutral, flexion and extension without or with each orthosis; anterioposteral film for lateral bending and overhead goniometry for rotation were also checked. The finding in this study indicate that the Halo vest provides the best control in all motions except extension, and the sequentially as Somi brace and 4 poster brace (p＞0.05). Cervical collars (soft or rigid type) were less effective in cervical restriction (p＞0.05). No cervical orthoses could provide enough immobilization in neck extension (p＞0.1) or intersegmental motion of each vertebrae. By comparision with the result of Johnson, the authors believe that the cervical orthoses made in Taiwan are able to provide good cervical restriction as the import devices do, although they are somehow a little bite rough in appearance.

Language

Traditional Chinese

First Page

73

Last Page

82

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