Apophysial joint degeneration, disc degeneration, and sagittal curve of the cervical spine: Can they be measured reliably on radiographs?

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 859-864

  Côté, Pierre ^a   Cassidy, J David ^a,c   Yong Hing, Ken ^a   Sibley, John ^b   Loewy, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ROYAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cervical spine; lordosis; osteoarthritis; reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; WHIPLASH INJURIES;

EID: 0343487603     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199704150-00007     Document Type: Article

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