Morphological Status of Cervical Vertebrae (C3-C7) in Patients Referred to Taleghani Hospital in Kermanshah, Iran

Background and purpose: The neck has the greatest spine motion due to two special vertebrae connected to the skull. Its unnatural position causes uneven appearance and physical injuries. This study investigates the morphological status of cervical vertebrae.
Materials and methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on the morphological status of the neck of 450 patients referred to Taleghani Hospital who were randomly selected and performed using SPSS22 software. For comparison of quantitative variables, paired t-test and ANOVA were used and for qualitative variables, Chi-square test was used. The significance level in all cases was less than 0.05.
Findings: Vertebrae C4, C5, C7 in SVBW, C3, C4 in SVBl, C4, C5 in IVBW, C6 in AVBH, C3, C4 in PVBH, C6, C7 in SVFW in men and women, C3, C5 in SVBW, C3, C4 in SVBl, C4 in IVBW, C4, C5 in PVBH, C6 in SVFW, C3 in SVFL in different ages, also C5, C6 in SVBW, C3, C4 in IVBL, C5 in PVBH in different heights, C4 in SVBW, C5, C6, C7 in SVBl, C3, C4 in IVBW, C3, C5 in IVBL, C4 in PVBH, C3 in SVFW, C6 in SVFL among different religions, C3, C4, C5 in SVBW, C3 in SVBl, C3 in IVBW, C7 in IVBL, C6 in AVBH, C6, C7 in PVBH at different BMI have significant differences (pË?0/01).
Conclusion: The width, length and height of vertebral bodies of levels C3-C7 in men and age over 60 years, heights over 180 centimeters and higher BMI people are larger and wider than others.

Author(s): Bita Shokri*

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