Is there a connection between the clinical response after an external fixation test or a subsequent lumbar fusion and the pre-test intervertebral kinematics?

Spine

Volumn 27, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2726-2733

  Lund, Teija ^a,d   Oxland, Thomas R ^b   Nydegger, Thomas ^b   Schlenzka, Dietrich ^a   Laine, Timo ^a   Heini, Paul ^c  

^a ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; External spinal fixation; Kinematics; Low back pain; Lumbar spine; Three dimensional

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; TRUNK;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036897252     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200212010-00013     Document Type: Article

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