Weight-Bearing Radiographs in Thoracolumbar Fractures: Do They Influence Management?

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 564-567

  Mehta, J S ^a   Reed, M R ^a   McVie, J L ^a   Sanderson, P L ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior vertebral compression; Kyphosis; Supine radiographs; Weight bearing radiographs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SUPINE POSITION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SPINAL FRACTURES; SUPINE POSITION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 1442360633     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000113873.07484.5D     Document Type: Article

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