The clinical usefulness of intraoperative spinal stiffness measurements

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 959-961

  Brown, Mark D ^a   Wehman, Kathleen F ^a   Heiner, Anneliese D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative disc disease; Joint instability; Lumbar spine; Motion segment; Spinal diseases; Spinal fusion; Surgical instruments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RIGIDITY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENOSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036571263     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200205010-00015     Document Type: Article

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