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Table 4 Comparison of spinal process and spinal canal parameters

From: Morphological study of the posterior osseous structures of subaxial cervical spine in a population from northeastern China

Parameter

Level

Our study

Panjabi (1991) [ 35 ]

Tan (2004) [ 17 ]

SSPL

C3

16.7

29.6

25.6

C4

17.4

30.3

30.3

C5

19.3

28.5

33.6

C6

27.1

34.2

40.5

C7

35.2

45.7

46.9

SCTD

C3

22.3

22.9

19.2

C4

23.7

24.7

19.3

C5

24.8

24.9

20.3

C6

25.0

25.8

20.6

C7

24.4

24.5

19.7

SCLD

C3

13.9

16.2

10.3

C4

13.5

17.7

10.3

C5

13.6

17.4

10.3

C6

14.0

18.1

10.3

C7

14.3

15.2

11.0

OSCA

C3

225.1

248.7

149.7

C4

221.8

272.0

159.9

C5

229.1

249.5

166.8

C6

237.0

266.5

163.7

C7

231.1

223.8

167.5

  1. SSPL sagittal spinous process length, SCTD spinal canal transverse diameter, SCLD spinal canal longitudinal diameter, OSCA osseous spinal canal area.