Clinical Study Introduction

Many of the current methods for measuring spinal instability can produce variable results and can sometimes detect only extreme cases of spinal instability. These methods may falsely detect cases of spinal instability that could even lead to unnecessary surgery. In other cases, these methods may not detect any instability at all even though there is a likelihood that it is present.

Because a small study conducted in the U.K. has produced results that suggest this new diagnostic imaging test may be more accurate than current methods, we would like to see if these results can be confirmed with a larger age-balanced study based in the U.S.A.