Precison measurement of disc height, vertebral height and sagittal plane displacement from lateral radiographic views of the lumbar spine

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Frobin, W ^a   Brinckmann, P ^a   Biggemann, M ^b   Tillotson, M ^c   Burton, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Evangelisches Bethesda Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disc injury; Lumbar measurement; Quantification; Radiology; Sagittal plane displacement; Spinal shape; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; DATA BASE; ERROR; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; ROTATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATIONS; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INSPECTION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MEASUREMENT ERRORS; MORPHOLOGY; RADIOLOGY;

DISC HEIGHT; LUMBAR SPINE; RADIOLOGICAL INSPECTION; SAGITTAL PLANE DISPLACEMENT; VERTEBRAL HEIGHT;

DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030785017     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(96)00067-8     Document Type: Review

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