A New Concept for Quantifying the Complicated Kinematics of the Cervical Spine and Its Application in Evaluating the Impairment of Clients with Mechanical Neck Disorders.docVIP

Sensors 2012, 12, 17463-17475; doi:10.3390/s121217463 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article A New Concept for Quantifying the Complicated Kinematics of the Cervical Spine and Its Application in Evaluating the Impairment of Clients with Mechanical Neck Disorders Chia-Chi Yang 1, Fong-Chin Su 1,2 and Lan-Yuen Guo 3,* 1 Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan; E-Mails: alexrain0226@ (C.-C.Y.); fcsu@.tw (F.-C.S.) 2 Medical Device Innovation Center, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan