摘要
spinalmotionpivot,spinalmanipulation,theangleoffacetjoint,forcedirection,cylinderpivotmotiontheoryThespinaljointconsistsofadiscandposteriorfacetjoints.Itisthebiomechanicalstructurethatenablesthespinewithsix(6)freedomsofmovementsofflexion/extension,sidebendsandrotations.Weidentifiedthatthesamespinaljointsinitiate,eliminateandcontrolspinalmovement.Thesefourjointsaretheatlanto-occipitalandtheatlanto-odontoidjoints,C7/T1,T12/L1andL5/S1.Theword“pivot”iscommonlyusedtodescribeanimportantruruingporintormatterinChineselanguage.Wedefinetheabovefourjointsas“pivots”inthisarticle.Thejointsarebriefedas“Occipital-vertebralpivot”(atlanto-occipitalandatlanto-odontoidjoint),“cervicalthoracicpivot”(C7/T1),“thoracic-lumbarpivot”(T12/L1)and“lumbar-sacrumpivot”(L5/S1).Aftermeasuring20humanspinalcolumns(drybones),observingtheanglebetweenthevertebralbodyandtheinferiorarticularfaeet,reviewingthespinalanatomyandbiomechanicsandanalyzingtheChinesespinalmanipulationtechniquesandtheory,thefollowingisourreport:
出版日期
2004年01月11日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
