Human neck stiffness and range of motion - methods and repeatability resource materials: moment-angle data

This dataset contains moment-angle data collected from three male (Male1-3) and three female (Female1-3) participants during passive-lying tests.

Each tab in the spreadsheet represents the moment-angle data from a single trial, named using the format ‘[session number]_[motion][trial number]’, where:

• Session number: S1 (Session 1), S2 (Session 2).
• Motion:
• • F: Flexion
  • E: Extension
  • L: Left lateral bending
  • R: Right lateral bending
  • RL: Left axial rotation
  • RR: Right axial rotation
• Trial number: 1–5, corresponding to trials 1 through 5.

In each spreadsheet, the first column (angle) represents the head-torso rotational angle in the tested direction, measured in degrees. The second column (moment) contains the applied moment on the participant’s neck, in units of Nm/degree.

The manuscript provides comprehensive details on the testing protocol, data collection procedures, and post-processing methods. Participant anthropometric data are included in the ParticipantInformation.xlsx file. Participant identifications are color-coded consistently with the published manuscript:

Liu M, Quarrington RD, Sandoz B, Robertson WSP, Jones CF. Evaluation of Apparatus and Protocols to Measure Human Passive Neck Stiffness and Range of Motion. Ann Biomed Eng. 2024 Aug;52(8):2178–2192. doi: 10.1007/s10439-024-03517-w. Epub 2024 Apr 24. PMID: 38658477; PMCID: PMC11247060.