Muscle

The straight cervical spine: does it indicate muscle spasm?

J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1994 Jan;76(1):103-6. Helliwell PS, Evans PF, Wright V.  Abstract The loss of cervical lordosis in radiographs of patients presenting with neck pain is sometimes ascribed to muscle spasm. We performed a cross-sectional study of the prevalence of ‘straight’ cervical spines in three populations: 83 patients presenting to an accident department […]