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Pilot studies reveal that the KineGraph VMA™ delivers potentially valuable diagnostic capabilities for spine clinicians. These include providing clinicians with the potential to identify currently undetectable conditions, thus avoiding missed treatment opportunities and unnecessary surgeries. The KineGraph VMA™ has the potential to provide a new level of kinematic detail to assist clinicians in comparing different spine implants in vivo, which is, practically speaking, impossible with the currently used technology. The following table lists some patient populations in which the diagnostic capabilities of the KineGraph VMA may prove beneficial.
| Capabilities | KineGraph VMA | End-range X-rays |
| Measure overall range of motion1 | X | X |
| Identify gross instabilities1 | X | X |
| Discern normal* from abnormal | X | |
| Discern stiffness from immobility2 | X | |
| Correlate motion abnormities to pain3 | X | |
| Capture mid-range instabilities (e.g. laxity)3 | X | |
| Assess kinematics of motion preserving devices4 | X |
- Nizard RS, Wybier M, Laredo JD. Radiologic assessment of lumbar intervertebral instability and degenerative spondylolisthesis. Radiologic Clinics of North America 2001;39:55-71
- Breen AC, Muggleton JM, Mellor FE. An Objective Spinal Motion Image Assessment (OSMIA): reliability, accuracy, and exposure data. BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2006; 7:1-10
- Data on file with Ortho Kinematics, Inc.
- Mellor FE, Muggleton JM, Baghurst J, Mason W, Thomas PW, Breen AC. Mid-lumbar lateral flexion stability measured in healthy volunteers by in-vivo fluoroscopy. Spine (in press)
- Data on file with Ortho Kinematics, Inc.
