A prospective study of lumbar spinal movements before and after discectomy using biplanar radiography: Correlation of clinical and radiographic findings

Spine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1985, Pages 455-460

  Tibrewal, S B ^a   Pearcy, M J ^a   Portek, I ^a   Spivey, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biplanar radiography; Lumbar spine motion; Prolapsed disc; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MYELOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; BONE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MOBILITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; ETIOLOGY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOVEMENT; MYELOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0022271228     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198506000-00010     Document Type: Article

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