Human passive neck stiffness and range of motion (20-79 years) Resource Materials: moment-angle data

This dataset contains anthropometry and moment-angle data collected for 80 participants, in a study of passive neck stiffness and range of motion. Participants were aged 20 to 79 years.Files are grouped into .zip folders, named by [sex][decade-age-group]. Files are in .xlsx format; there is one file per participant.File names follow the format [sex][decade-age-group]_[participant number], where:<b>Sex:</b>o M: maleo F: female<b>Decade-age-group:</b>o 2: 20 to 29 yearso 3: 30 to 39 yearso 4: 40 to 49 yearso 5: 50 to 59 yearso 6: 60 to 69 yearso 7: 70 to 79 years<b>Participant number</b> is numeric, 1-10, with up to 10 participants in each sex and decade-age-group combination.“Sheet1” in each file contains anthropometric information for the participant, including age, sex, body height and mass, head girth (passing through glabella and opisthocranion), neck girth (passing through C4) and dominant hand.Subsequent sheets contain moment-angle data for individual trials. 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. Sheets are named by the trial name, following the format: ‘[motion]passive[trial number], where:<b>Motion:</b>o Flexion: flexiono Extension: extensiono Left: left lateral bendingo Right: right lateral bendingo Rot_left: left axial rotationo Rot_right: right axial rotation<b>Trial number</b>: 1-3, corresponding to trials 1 through 3.Comprehensive details on the testing protocol, data collection procedures, post-processing methods and trial exclusion criteria (excluded trials are not provided in this Figshare dataset) can be found in the manuscript: Liu M, Quarrington RD, Robertson WSP, Sandoz B, Jones CF. Passive neck stiffness and range of motion for males and females from early to late adulthood. Spine J. 2025 Aug 27:S1529-9430(25)00735-1. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2025.08.331. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40882845.When using this dataset, please cite the above article, and this Figshare collection.