Quality of Life in Adult Patients Receiving Cervical Fusion for Fresh Subaxial Cervical Injury: The Role of Associated Spinal Cord Injury

Table 2

Pearson correlation matrix between sagittal balance and HRQOL scores in 65 patients in the last evaluation.

Parameters	Lower C2-C7 curvature	SCA	T1-slope	cSVA	NT	TIA	CT	CrT	C0-C2^+
NDI score
Physical functioning (PH)
Role limitation PH			,				,
Limitations due to role emotional problems			,				,
Energy/fatigue				,
Emotional well-being				,
Social functioning
Pain			,	,			,
General health (GH)
GH change		,

+ = occiput-C₂ angle;  = SF-36 domain; CT = cervical tilt; CrT = cranial tilt. p value is added in significant r values only.