Precision measurement of segmental motion from flexion-extension radiographs of the lumbar spine

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 457-465

  Frobin, W ^a   Brinckmann, P ^a   Leivseth, G ^b   Biggemann, M ^c   Reikeras O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c Ev Krankenhaus Bethesda   (Germany)

^d Rikshospitalet   (Norway)

Author keywords

Instability; Lumbar spine; Rotational mobility; Segmental motion; Translational mobility

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; ROTATION; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

FLEXION; LUMBAR SPINE; ROENTGEN STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRIC METHODS; SEGMENTAL MOTION;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; ROTATION; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0030561298     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(96)00039-3     Document Type: Article

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