Axial loading of the spine during CT and MR in patients with suspected lumbar spinal stenosis

Acta Radiologica

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 604-611

  Danielson, Barbro I ^a   Willen J ^a   Gaulitz, A ^a   Niklason, T ^a   Hansson, T H ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axially loaded; CT, MR; Spine, stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLOSIS; SUPINE POSITION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; SPINAL STENOSIS; SUPINE POSITION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0032210156     PISSN: 02841851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841859809175484     Document Type: Article

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