Elliptical modeling of the sagittal lumbar lordosis and segmental rotation angles as a method to discriminate between normal and low back pain subjects

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 430-439

  Harrison, Donald D ^a   Cailliet, Rene ^b,d   Janik, Tadeusz J ^b   Troyanovich, Stephan J ^e   Harrison, Deed E ^e   Holland, Burt ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d USC School of Medicine   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Low back; Lumbar lordosis; Normal values; Pain; Radiographs; Structural model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031725309     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199810000-00010     Document Type: Article

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