Attachments of the posterior layer of lumbar fascia

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 1757-1764

  Barker, Priscilla J ^a   Briggs, Christopher A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Low back pain; Posterior layer of lumbar fascia; Spinal stability; Thoracolumbar fascial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FASCIA LATA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 0033200332     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199909010-00002     Document Type: Article

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