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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: The traction group : 93 cases, before treatment, abnormal curvature in 60 cases, spinous position change in 39 cases and angular displacement in 39 cases, vertebral sliding in 15 cases, Ruth Jackson line intersect proneness change in 70 cases, stretch in 47 cases ; after treatment, abnormal curvature in 50 cases, spinous position change in 29 cases and angular displacement in 17 cases ; vertebral sliding in 3 cases, Ruth Jackson line intersect proneness change in 41 cases, stretch in 33 cases ; X-Ray measurement results : cervical curvature improved from (5. 590 + / - 4. 639) degrees before treatment to (5. 990 + / - 4. 330) degrees after treatment, angular displacement improved from (13. 360 + / - 2. 064) degrees before treatment to (11. 210 + / - 1. 872) degrees after treatment ; vertebral sliding improved from (3. 790 + / - 0. 339) mm before treatment to (3. 480 + / - 0. 332) mm after treatment.