Use of percutaneous transpedicular external fixation pins to measure intervertebral motion

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1890-1893

  Sahni, Irvin K ^a   Hipp, John A ^a,b   Kirking, Bryan C ^a   Alexander, Jerry W ^a   Esses, Stephen I ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Institute for Spinal Disorders   (United States)

Author keywords

External transpedicular fixation; Lumbosacral region; Range of motion spine; Three dimensional motion analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE SCREW; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; SPINE FUSION; VERTEBRA;

AGED; BONE NAILS; CADAVER; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033568139     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199909150-00005     Document Type: Article

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