Exacerbated pain in cervical radiculopathy at axial rotation, flexion, extension, and coupled motions of the cervical spine: Evaluation by kinematic magnetic resonance imaging

Investigative Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 279-288

  Mühle, Claus ^a   Bischoff, Lutz ^a   Weinert, Dieter ^a   Lindner, Volker ^a   Falliner, Axel ^a   Maier, Christoph ^b   Ahn, Joong M O ^c   Heller, Martin ^a   Resnick, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^c VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Cervical spondylosis; Disc herniations; Kinematics; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MALE; NERVE ROOT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0344783764     PISSN: 00209996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004424-199805000-00005     Document Type: Article

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