These five neck muscles play a role in moving your head around and contracting your neck. Posterior neck muscles. ... They also bend your head, neck, and spine in different directions.

Although published series in the literature evaluate the use of tissue-sparing posterior cervical spinal fusion, these are retrospective in nature and do not have a control arm. 4.

Erector spinae — a large group of muscles arranged in three columns around the spine. Splenius muscles — found between your upper back and neck; Transversospinal — muscles lining the upper spine ...

To date, Roy-Camille et al [4] have the largest reported clinical series of posterior cervical plating. In a retrospective review of 221 injuries of the lower cervical spine, posterior plate ...

While fatigue in neck muscles has long been suspected of causing pain, the actual mechanical changes in the spine and muscles that precede weakness remain an outstanding question.. Now, using high ...

Cervical stenosis is the narrowing of the vertebral canal in the neck. It is a common cause of neck pain and is more common in elderly patients. Up to 26% percent of people over the age of 64 may have ...

Using high-precision X-ray imaging to track spine movements during neck exertion tasks, researchers discovered that sustained neck exertions cause muscle fatigue that then exaggerate the cervical ...

Posterior wiring has been the standard cervical stabilization technique since the late 1800s. Wires passed through or about the spinous processes, facets, or lamina provide provisional alignment ...

Neck posture is maintained dynamically by the bones of the spine pulled into position by the muscles that attach to them.