The role of the iliolumbar ligament in how back pain

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 511-515

  Sims, J A ^a,b   Moorman, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INNERVATION; LIGAMENT INJURY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029883025     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9877(96)90123-1     Document Type: Article

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