Limited usefulness of traction-compression films in the radiographic diagnosis of lumbar spinal instability: Comparison with flexion-extension films

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-197

  Pitkänen, Marja ^b   Manninen, Hannu I ^a   Lindgren, Karl August ^b   Turunen, Markku ^b   Airaksinen, Olavi ^b  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

flexion extension; lumbar radiography; lumbar spine; segmental instability; traction compression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MOVEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL DISEASES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0342872021     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199701150-00012     Document Type: Article

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