Axial loaded MRI of the lumbar spine

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 661-671

  Saifuddin, A ^a,b   Blease, S ^a   Macsweeney, E ^a  

^a Medtel Open MRI Centres   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial loading; Erect; Extension; Flexion; Lumbar spine MRI

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NERVE ROOT COMPRESSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPINE DISEASE; SUPINE POSITION; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0041885247     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(03)00215-0     Document Type: Review

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