Dimensions of the lumbar intervertebral foramina as determined from the sagittal plane magnetic resonance imaging scans of 95 normal subjects

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 160-170

  Cramer, Gregory D ^a   Cantu, Joe A ^b   Dorsett, Richard D ^b   Greenstein, Jay S ^b   McGregor, Marion ^b   Howe, Joseph E ^c   Glenn, William V ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Department of Chiropractic Radiology ^*  (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervertebral Foramina; Spinal Anatomy; Spinal Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL FORAMINA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RELIABILITY; SEX;

EID: 0037367335     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-4754(02)54109-9     Document Type: Article

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