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Table 1 The height of uncinate process, the inclination angle of inferior endplate, and the angle of disc-facet of non-pathological models and Hirayama disease models in this study and previous literature

From: How to reconstruct the lordosis of cervical spine in patients with Hirayama disease? A finite element analysis of biomechanical changes focusing on adjacent segments after anterior cervical discectomy and fusion

Cervical vertebra

Non-pathological model of this study

Hirayama disease

Left

Right

Literature

Left of this study

Right of this study

The height of uncinate process (mm)

C3

4.51

5.02

3.79 ± 1.16

3.79

3.79

C4

4.20

4.49

3.64 ± 1.04

3.64

3.64

C5

4.64

5.39

4.20 ± 0.77

4.20

4.20

C6

5.10

5.50

4.37 ± 1.01

4.37

4.37

C7

4.99

6.00

3.95 ± 1.13

3.95

3.95

The inclination angle of inferior endplate (°)

C3

110.18

110.08

119.33 ± 11.93

119.33

119.33

C4

112.11

112.93

103.54 ± 4.10

103.54

103.54

C5

116.41

116.75

105.09 ± 3.90

105.09

105.09

C6

105.87

113.76

104.99 ± 3.33

104.99

104.99

C7

110.35

111.61

105.00 ± 4.81

104.99

104.99

The angle of disc-facet (°)

C3

114.50

112.11

121.41 ± 7.31

121.41

121.41

C4

121.55

126.56

125.46 ± 5.59

125.46

125.46

C5

127.12

126.59

127.38 ± 6.47

127.38

127.38

C6

122.30

124.76

124.27 ± 6.76

124.27

124.27

C7

112.24

111.51

113.67 ± 5.94

113.67

113.67