The effect of a plaster cast on lumbosacral joint motion: An in vivo assessment with precision motion analysis system

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1229-1234

  Willems, Paul C ^a   Nienhuis, Bart ^a   Sietsma, Maurits ^a   Van Der Schaaf, Dick B ^a   Pavlov, Paul W ^a,b  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ^*  (Netherlands)

^b SINT MAARTENSKLINIEK   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

External transpedicular fixation; Lumbosacral region; Plaster cast; Range of motion; Spine; Three dimensional motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYNAMIC EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT MOBILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; PLASTER CAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; STATIC EXERCISE;

ADULT; CASTS, SURGICAL; EXERCISE; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SACRUM; VIDEO RECORDING; WALKING;

EID: 0031010860     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199706010-00012     Document Type: Article

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