Compensatory spinopelvic balance over the hip axis and better reliability in measuring lordosis to the pelvic radius on standing lateral radiographs of adult volunteers and patients

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 16, 1998, Pages 1750-1767

  Jackson, Roger P ^a,d   Peterson, Mark D ^c   McManus, Anne C ^b   Hales, Chris ^b  

^a North kansas City Hospital   (United States)

^b Midwest Spine Foundation   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN OREGON ORTHOPEDICS   (United States)

^d Medical Plaza North ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Compensatory pelvic balance; Compensatory sacral translation; Pelvic hip axis; Pelvic radius technique for lumbopelvic lordosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LORDOSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; PELVIC BONES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SACRUM; SCOLIOSIS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

EID: 0032528869     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199808150-00008     Document Type: Article

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