Quantitative discomanometry: Technique and reproducibility in vitro

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 335-340

  Fye, Mark A ^c   Southern, Edward P ^b   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a   Cholewicki, Jacek ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Discography; Discomanometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MANOMETRY; NEEDLE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

AGED; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MANOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0031855222     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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