Diurnal changes in lumbar intervertebral distance, measured using ultrasound

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1671-1675

  Ledsome, John R ^b,c   Lessoway, Vickie ^a   Susak, Lark E ^a   Gagnon, Faith A ^a   Gagnon, Roy ^a   Wing, Peter C ^b  

^a VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c 2146 Health Sciences Mall ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

diurnal changes; intervertebral distance; lumbar spine; lumbar transverse processes; microgravity; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREORADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA;

NON-PROGRAMMATIC;

ADULT; AEROSPACE MEDICINE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BACK PAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 0029898214     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199607150-00012     Document Type: Article

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