Distraction of lumbar vertebrae in gravitational traction

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1061-1064

  Tekeoglu, Ibrahim ^a   Adak, Burhan ^a   Bozkurt, Mehmet ^a   Gürbüzoglu, Nazim ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gravitational lumbar traction; Intervertebral disc space

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRACTION;

EID: 0032076042     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199805010-00019     Document Type: Article

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