A correlative study of cervical lordosis and cervical spondylosis in sub urban population.

Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Rajani Cartor M, Soujaniya Konada

Neck pain is the commonly seen problem in the general population. Cervical Spondylosis is a common

degenerative condition of the cervical spine, Md S Laskar. In day-to-day life various positions during work may

demand repeated or prolonged 􀃸exion, extension, or extreme bending of the neck, L Levy & S.Jager. They may lead to degenerative

changes in the cervical spine and alterations of the neck posture, Tadakiwakui. Yet data is lacking to establish speci􀃶c interpretations.

OBJECTIVES:

1. To Measure the Global Curvature of the Cervical Spine by using Cobb‘s double line method in the x-rays of patients with Cervical

Spondylosis.

2. To Quantify the Intensity of Neck pain levels in patients with Cervical Spondylosis by using Visual Analogue Scale.

3. To 􀃶nd the association of the Global Cervical lordosis and neck pain in patients with cervical spondylosis.

METHODOLOGY:

A sample group of 30 patients who are diagnosed as Cervical Spondylosis were included in this study. The alteration of the cervical spine

curve was determined by using the Cobb‘s method by drawing the angles on 30 lateral Cervical Radiographs. The intensity of neck pain was

assessed by the Visual Analogue scale.

RESULTS:

The pain intensity was measured by using visual analogue scale and cervical curvature was measured by double line Cobb‘s method. The

statistics used was correlation to 􀃶nd the degree of association between cervical curvature and intensity of neck pain in patients with

cervical Spondylosis. For 28 degrees of freedom at 5% of level of signi􀃶cance, the tabled ‘r‘ value is 2.05. This is more than the calculated ‘t‘

value i.e. 1.704 and thus there is no correlation between cervical curvature at C2-C7 level and neck pain. Hence the null hypothesis proved

true.

For 28 degrees of freedom at 5% level of signi􀃶cance, the ‘r‘ value is -0.08109. There is negative correlation between cervical curvature at C1-

C7 level and neck pain. Hence the null hypothesis proved true.

For 1 degree of freedom at 5% level of signi􀃶cance, the tabled ‘χ²‘ value is 3.84. This is more than the calculated value i.e. 0.13. So, there is no

signi􀃶cant association of Sex and Age with the cervical spinal curve.

CONCLUSION:

The study statistical analysis concluded that there is absolutely no signi􀃶cant association observed between altered cervical spine

curvature and neck pain.