COUPLED MOTION IN THE SPINE

"LATERAL FLEXION OF THE SPINE IS ALWAYS ACCOMPANIED BY SOME ROTATION."

RASCH PJ, BURKE RK. KINESIOLOGY AND APPLIED ANATOMY. 6 ed. Philadelphia: Lea and Febier;1978:226.

A ROD BENT IN ONE DIRECTION WILL ROTATE WHEN BENT SIMULTANEOUSLY AT A RIGHT ANGLE.

LEHMKUHL AND SMITH, P.372

MOST AUTHORS AGREE ON A DESCRIPTION OF COUPLED MOTION IN THE CERVICAL SPINE BETWEEN C2 AND C7. OTHERWISE, DESCRIPTIONS OF COUPLED MOTION VARY

Working bibliography of spinal anatomy and function that relates to coupled motion

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