Research Article

Cervical Coupling Motion Characteristics in Healthy People Using a Wireless Inertial Measurement Unit

Table 1

Cervical range of motion on the natural test and the neutral test.

PlaneMovementNatural test (°)Neutral test (°)
Mean ± SDICC (95% CI)Mean ± SDICC (95% CI)

SagittalTotal 0.98 (0.96–0.99) 0.99 (0.97–1.00)
Extension 0.97 (0.93–0.99) 0.95 (0.90–0.98)
Flexion 0.98 (0.96–0.99) 0.98 (0.97–0.99)

CoronalTotal 0.97 (0.95–0.99) 0.99 (0.98–1.00)
Left 0.97 (0.93–0.99) 0.98 (0.96–0.99)
Right 0.98 (0.95–0.99) 0.98 (0.97–0.99)

TransverseTotal 0.99 (0.97–0.99) 0.98 (0.97–0.99)
Left 0.99 (0.97–0.99) 0.98 (0.96–0.99)
Right 0.99 (0.97–0.99) 0.99 (0.98–1.00)

SD: standard deviation; ICC: intraclass correlation coefficient; CI: confidence interval.