Effect of axial load on the cervical spine: A study of Congolese woodbearers

International Orthopaedics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 141-144

  Echarri, J J ^a   Forriol, F ^b  

^a CHR Monkole   (Congo)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CONGO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; OSTEOPHYTE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VERTEBRA BODY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CONGO; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOOD;

EID: 0036937677     PISSN: 03412695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00264-002-0336-6     Document Type: Article

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