Quantitative anthropometry of the subatlantal cervical longitudinal ligaments

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 893-898

  Przybylski, Gregory J ^a,b   Patel, Prakash R ^a   Carlin, Gregory J ^a   Woo, Savio L Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical vertebrae; Ligaments; Quantitative anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLIABILITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0032522913     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199804150-00010     Document Type: Article

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