Trunk asymmetry and facial symmetry in young adults

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 149-153

  Zepa, Inta ^b   Hurmerinta, Kirsti ^b   Kovero, Outi ^b   Nissinen, Maunu ^b   Könönen, Mauno ^b   Huggare, Jan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical; Craniofacial morphology; Head position; Head posture; Inclination; Trunk assymmetry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MORPHOLOGY; FACE; FEMALE; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACIC SPINE; TRUNK;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATLAS; CEPHALOMETRY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DENTAL OCCLUSION, CENTRIC; FACIAL BONES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; ODONTOID PROCESS; ORBIT; POSTURE; SPINAL CURVATURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; VERTICAL DIMENSION;

EID: 0038787502     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350310001695     Document Type: Article

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