Abstract
To analyse intervertebral movements, methods with a high level of accuracy are required. Stereoradiographic methods have been used for a number of years to describe intervertebral movements, but their major problem is to identify the same anatomical landmarks, not only on the pair of radiographs used for three-dimensional reconstruction, but also on all the pairs used to analyse the displacements. To minimize the errors due to the incorrect identification of anatomical landmarks, a least squares method to resolve the parameters of Euler's angles was validated by means of measurements made on a spine obtained from a cadaver. The accuracy of this method varied between 0.69° and 0.71° in rotation and between 0.28 mm and 0.77 mm in translation. In addition, this method significantly corrected the position of the anatomical landmarks. Euler's angles, used with a least squares estimate, can provide accurate and precise results.
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