Table 3 Accuracy of CBCT-modeled cervical spine vertebrae across functional LB position models relative to a neutral position model.

From: Validation and application of a novel in vivo cervical spine kinematics analysis technique

Posture

Level

Average distance

Maximum distance

Standard deviation

Angular prediction

Mean deviation

Mean absolute deviation

 + 

 + 

Right bend

C1

0.00

0.19

0.19

− 0.19

3.22

− 2.37

0.33

0.00

C2

0.00

0.14

0.14

− 0.14

2.07

− 2.56

0.23

0.00

C3

0.00

0.14

0.14

− 0.14

1.96

− 2.23

0.20

0.00

C4

0.02

0.14

0.12

− 0.15

1.90

− 2.47

0.17

0.10

C5

0.02

0.12

0.10

− 0.13

1.80

− 2.02

0.15

0.10

C6

0.00

0.11

0.11

− 0.11

1.46

− 2.34

0.16

0.00

C7

0.03

0.40

0.43

− 0.37

3.29

− 3.43

0.64

0.14

Left bend

C1

0.01

0.19

0.18

− 0.19

2.30

− 2.77

0.28

0.05

C2

0.01

0.16

0.15

− 0.16

2.11

− 2.43

0.22

0.05

C3

0.02

0.17

0.18

− 0.15

2.04

− 2.21

0.24

0.10

C4

0.01

0.13

0.12

− 0.14

1.87

− 2.29

0.18

0.05

C5

0.01

0.14

0.13

− 0.14

2.14

− 2.30

0.18

0.05

C6

0.01

0.13

0.13

− 0.12

1.44

− 1.72

0.18

0.05

C7

0.01

0.44

0.45

− 0.43

3.20

− 3.34

0.66

0.05

  1. Units, mm, °.