Cervical Spine Musculotendon Lengths When Reading a Tablet in Three Seated Positions
Cervical Spine Musculotendon Lengths When Reading a Tablet in Three Seated Positions
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以三个坐姿阅读平板电脑时的颈椎肌肉肌腱长度
DOI:
10.1123/jab.2020-0062
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发表时间:
2021
影响因子:
1.4
通讯作者:
Douglas, Ethan C.
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作者:
Gallagher, Kaitlin M.;Vasavada, Anita N.;Fischer, Leah;Douglas, Ethan C.
A popular posture for using wireless technology is reclined sitting, with the trunk rotated posteriorly to the hips. This position decreases the head’s gravitational moment; however, the head angle relative to the trunk is similar to that of upright sitting when using a tablet in the lap. This study compared cervical extensor musculotendon length changes from neutral among 3 common sitting postures and maximum neck flexion while using a tablet. Twenty-one participants had radiographs taken in neutral, full-flexion, and upright, semireclined, and reclined postures with a tablet in their lap. A biomechanical model was used to calculate subject-specific normalized musculotendon lengths for 27 cervical musculotendon segments. The lower cervical spine was more flexed during reclined sitting, but the skull was more flexed during upright sitting. Normalized musculotendon length increased in the reclined compared with an upright sitting position for the C4-C6/7 (deep) and C2-C6/7 (superficial) multifidi, semispinalis cervicis (C2-C7), and splenius capitis (Skull-C7). The suboccipital (R2= .19–.71) and semispinalis capitis segment length changes were significantly correlated with the Skull-C1 angle (0.24–0.51). A semireclined reading position may be an ideal sitting posture to reduce the head’s gravitational moment arm without overstretching the assessed muscles.