Occipitocervical neutral position: Possible surgical implications

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 775-778

  Phillips, Frank M ^a,b   Phillips, Craig S ^a   Wetzel, F Todd ^a   Gelinas, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fusion; Lateral; Neutral; Occipitocervical; Radiograph

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCIPITAL BONE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0033560816     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199904150-00008     Document Type: Article

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