Comparison of standing sagittal spinal alignment in asymptomatic adolescents and adults

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-215

  Vedantam, Ravishankar ^a   Lenke, Lawrence G ^a,b   Keeney, James A ^a   Bridwell, Keith H ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adults; Sagittal spinal alignment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE; STATISTICS; THORAX;

EID: 0032518368     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199801150-00012     Document Type: Article

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