A non-invasive protocol for the determination of lumbosacral vertebral angle

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-189

  Chen, Y L ^b   Lee, Y H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Lumbosacral vertebral angle; Radiographic and videographic measurements

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; CALCULATIONS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

LUMBOSACRAL VERTEBRAL ANGLE; VIDEOGRAPHIC MEASUREMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN SURFACE; VERTEBRA; VIDEORECORDING; X RAY;

EID: 0031128005     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(97)00076-4     Document Type: Article

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