Differences in sacral angulation and lumbosacral curvature in black and white young men and women

Acta Anatomica

Volumn 162, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 226-231

  Hanson, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blacks; Lumbosacral curvature; Measurement techniques; Sacral angulation; Vertebral column; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SACRUM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031768015     PISSN: 00015180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046437     Document Type: Article

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