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8%, while specificity for lateral flexion was 61.
Most investigators agree that interbody cages provide good stability in flexion and lateral bending but little or no stability in extension and axial rotation [ 4 11 13 16 17 19 ] . The loss of stability in extension and axial rotation may be related to the obligatory damage to the specific anatomical structures needed for cage insertion.
Sensitivity for lateral flexion was 41.
"Although you could previously only move joints that were in the hand [as opposed to the fingers], the plastic in the legs of Barbie dolls allows patients to position fingers in different flexion," she told the Duke University Chronicle . Glenn Hostetter, the medical center prosthetics clinical supervisor, noted that the technique is an inexpensive way to provide articulation in a finger and that it will help prosthetic fingers become functional as well as cosmetic appendages.
This indicates that the motion palpatory tests (intersegmental, lateral flexion and posterior-anterior springing) are not able to identify areas of fixation or motion restriction.