Measurements of lumbopelvic lordosis using the pelvic radius technique as it correlates with sagittal spinal balance and sacral translation

Spine Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 421-429

  Gardocki, Raymond J ^a   Watkins, Robert G ^a   Williams, Lytton A ^a  

^a Los Angeles Oncologic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Lordosis; Pelvic radius; Sagittal alignment; Spine; Spinopelvic balance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FEMUR HEAD; HUMAN; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOPELVIC LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIUS; SACRUM; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPONDYLOSIS; STANDARDIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; BACK; BODY POSTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PELVIS; POSTURE; PROBABILITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 0642378501     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00426-6     Document Type: Article

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