Estudio anátomo-radiológico craneocervical en 60 estudiantes de la Universidad de la Frontera / Anatomo radiological study of cranio cervical region in 60 students at Universidad de la Frontera

ABSTRACT

To evaluate the cranio cervical region from a radiological point of view in healthy young adults, a lateral head and neck radiological study, using the technique described by Rocabado, was done to 60 chilean young adults, aged 19 to 24 years old. The cervical curvature was altered in 70 percent of subjects (kyphosis in 35 percent, straightening in 33 percent and lordosis in 1.7 percent). Sixty eight percent had alteration of the hyoid triangle (in the plane in 31,7 percent and inverted in 37 percent). The distance between C0 and C1 was altered in 48 percent (less than 4 mm in 15 percent and more than 9 mm in 33 percents). An altered posteroinferior angle was observed in 40 percent (less than 96º in 30 percent and over 106º in 10 percent). A high percentage of alterations of the craniocervical region was detected in healthy adults