The difference in anatomy of the lumbar anterior longitudinal ligament in young African-Americans and Scandinavians

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1545-1548

  Hanson, Patrick ^a   Magnusson, S Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NEGRO; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0031648560     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(98)90417-8     Document Type: Article

References (35)

1. Andersson GBJ. The epidemiology of spinal disorders. In: Frymoyer JW, editor. The adult spine: principles and practice. New York: Raven Press Ltd; 1991 p. 107-46.
2. Vällfors B. Acute, subacute and chronic low back pain. Clinical symptoms, absenteeism and working environment. Scand J Rehabil Med 1985;11 Suppl:1-98.
3. Sternbach RA. Surveys of pain in the United States. The Nuprin pain report. Clin J Pain 1986;2:49-53.
4. Cunningham LS, Kelsey JL. Epidemiology of musculoskeletal impairments and associated disability. Am J Public Health 1984;74: 574-9.
5. Cypress BK. Characteristics of physician visits for back symptoms: A national perspective. Am J Public Health 1983;73:389-95.
6. Bogduk N, Twomey LT. Clinical anatomy of the lumbar spine. 2nd ed. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone; 1992.
7. Hukins DWL. Disc structure and function. In: Ghosh P, editor. The biology of the intervertebral disc. Vol 1. Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press; 1988. p. 1-37.
8. Coventry MB, Ghormley RK, Kernohan JW. The intervertebral disc: its microscopic anatomy and pathology. Part I. Anatomy, development and physiology. J Bone Joint Surg 1945;27:105-12.
9. Williams PL, editor. Gray's anatomy. 38th rev. ed. Edinburgh: Longman; 1995.
10. Hickey DS, Hukins DWL. Relation between the structure of the annulus fibrosus and the function and failure of the intervertebral disc. Spine 1980;5:106-16.
11. Hanson P, Magnusson SP, Sorsensen H, Simonsen EB. Differences in the iliolumbar ligament and the transverse process of the L5 vertebra in young black and white people. Acta Anat. Forthcoming.
12. Mennen U. Dupuytren's Contracture in the Negro. J Hand Surg 1986;11-B:61-4.
13. Hanson P, Magnusson SP, Simonsen EB. Differences in sacral angulation and lumbosacral curvature in black and white young men and women. Acta Anat. Forthcoming.
14. Stewart TD. The age incidence of neural arch defects in Alaskan natives, considered from the stand point of etiology. J Bone Joint Surg 1953;35A:937-50.
15. Rowe GG, Roche MB. The etiology of separate neural arch. J Bone Joint Surg 1953;35A:102-9.
16. Hanson P, Sonesson B. The anatomy of the iliolumbar ligament. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 1994;75:1245-6.
17. Hammersen F. Sobotta/Hammersen histology. A color atlas of cytology, histology and microscopic anatomy. Munich: Urban & Schwarzenberg; 1980.
18. Conover WJ. Practical nonparametric statistics. 2nd ed. New York: Wiley; 1980.
19. Chazal J, Tanguy A, Bourges M, Gurel G, Escande G, Guillot M, et al. Biomechanical properties of spinal ligaments and a histological study of the supraspinal ligament in traction. J Biomech 1985;18: 167-76.
20. Neumann P, Keller TS, Ekstrom L, Perry L, Hansson T, Spengler DM. Mechanical properties of the human lumbar anterior longitudinal ligament. J Biomech 1992;25:1185-94.
21. Myklebust JB, Pintar F, Yoganandan N, Cusick JF, Maiman D, Myers TJ, et al. Tensile strength of spinal ligaments. Spine 1988;13:526-31.
22. Sances A Jr, Myklebust JB, Maiman DJ, Larson SJ, Cusick JF, Jodat RW. The biomechanics of spinal injuries. Crit Rev Biomed Eng 1984;11:1-76.
23. Panjabi MM, Goel VK, Takata K. Physiologic strains in the lumbar spinal ligaments. An in vitro biomechanical study. Spine 1982;7: 192-203.
24. Tkaczuk H. Tensile properties of the human lumbar anterior longitudinal ligaments. Acta Orthop Scand Suppl 1968;115:1-69.
25. White AA, Panjabi MM. Clinical biomechanics of the spine. 2nd ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott; 1990.
26. Nordin M, Frankel V. Basic biomechanics of the musculoskeletal system. 2nd ed. Malvern (PA): Lea & Febinger; 1989.
27. Mosner EA, Bryan JM, Stull MA, Shippee R. A comparison of actual and apparent lumbar lordosis in black and white adult females. Spine 1989;14:310-4.
28. Fernand R, Fox DE. Evaluation of lumbar lordosis. A prospective and retrospective study. Spine 1985;10:799-803.
29. Bunnell WP. Back pain in children. Orthop Clin North Am 1982;13:587-604.
30. Fredrickson BE, Baker D, McHolik WJ, Yuan MA, Lubicky JP. The natural history of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis. J Bone Joint Surg 1984;66A:699-707.
31. LaFonde G. Surgical treatment of spondylolisthesis. Clin Orthop 1962;22:175-9.
32. Taillard W. Etiology of spondylolisthesis. Clin Orthop 1976;115: 30-9.
33. Turner RH, Bianco AJ, Jr. Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis in children and teenagers. J Bone Joint Surg 1971;53A:1298-306.
34. Wiltse LL, Newman PH, Macnab I. Classification of spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis. Clin Orthop 1976;117:23-9.
35. Wynne-Davies R, Scott JHS. Inheritance and spondylolisthesis: a radiographic family survey. J Bone Joint Surg 1979;61B:301-5.