Comparison of Open vs Minimally Invasive Dorsal Approaches for Foraminotomy and Laminoplasty in the Cervical Spine Through Performance of Head-neck-coordination Analysis

Performance of head-neck-coordination after surgery of the dorsal cervical spine

时间窗: one year

The primary outcomes of this study are the motor control performance measures assessed using force and position controlled tasks. In addition to motor control performance, secondary outcome measures of patient-oriented outcome measures (e.g. pain, disability, etc.) will be collected. Performance measures will consist of the following tasks: * Head-Neck Position Tracking - Rotation and Flexion/Extension * Head-Neck Force Tracking - Flexion, Extension and Lateral Bending Left/Right During the tracking task, a time-varying target (input signal) will be displayed. The participant will be asked to track the specified target by controlling his/her head-neck angle (position tracking) or moment (force tracking). The head position or force during these trials will represent the output signal for the motor control system. These signals will be collected and analyzed in the time and frequency domain to assess error in head-neck motor control.