The evolution of sagittal segmental alignment of the spine during childhood

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-100

  Cil, Akin ^a   Yazici, Muharrem ^a   Uzumcugil, Akin ^a   Kandemir, Utku ^a   Alanay, Ahmet ^a   Alanay, Yasemin ^a   Acaroglu, R Emre ^a   Surat, Adil ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Lumbar lordosis; Sacral inclination; Sagittal spinal alignment; Sagittal vertical axis; Segmental angulations; Spinopelvic alignment; Thoracic kyphosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW FLEXION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM MALFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE; STANDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORACIC SPINE;

EID: 13444303834     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000149074.21550.32     Document Type: Article

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