Localization of cracking sounds caused by cervical rotatory and local manipulation / 南方医科大学学报
Journal of Southern Medical University
;
(12): 421-422, 2007.
Article
in Chinese
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| ID: wpr-268117
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To localize the facet joints that give rise to the cracking sounds caused by cervical rotatory and local manipulation.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Cervical rotatory and local manipulation was performed in 30 healthy adults at the spinous process at the C(4 )level once on each of the left and right side, and a set of equipment we designed for acoustic signal acquisition was applied to collect and locate the cracking sounds, followed by statistical analysis of the data collected.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>The cracking sounds caused by cervical rotatory and local manipulation were localized mainly at C(3-7) facet joints, and the times of cracking sounds at these facet joints had significant differences from those at the other facet joints.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>The location of cervical rotatory and local manipulation can be only relative, and definite localization seems impossible.</p>
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Main subject:
Physiology
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Rotation
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Sound
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Acoustics
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Cervical Vertebrae
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Manipulation, Spinal
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Zygapophyseal Joint
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Southern Medical University
Year:
2007
Type:
Article
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