Assessment of patients with low-back pain by biplanar radiographic measurement of intervertebral motion

Spine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1981, Pages 233-240

  Stokes, Ian A F ^a,b   Wilder, D G ^b   Frymoyer, J W ^b   Pope, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biplanar radiography; Coupling motions; Disc degeneration; Intervertebral joint motion; Low back pain

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; JOINT; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; TECHNIQUE;

BACK PAIN; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; METHODS; MOVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0019724645     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198105000-00005     Document Type: Article

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