Assessment of disc injury in subjects exposed to long-term whole-body vibration

European Spine Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 458-467

  Drerup, B ^a   Granitzka, M ^a   Assheuer, J ^b   Zerlett, G ^c  

^a Inst fur Experimentelle Biomechanik   (Germany)

^b Inst fur Kernspintomographie   (Germany)

^c RWE POWER AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Compressive strength of vertebrae; Measurement of stature; Occupational disease; Vertebral end plate area; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; BONE DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRA; VIBRATION;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIBRATION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033389113     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s005860050205     Document Type: Article

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