Radiographic changes in the lumbar spine in former elite athletes

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 2554-2559

  Schmitt, Holger ^a,b   Dubljanin, Emilija ^a   Schneider, Sven ^a   Schiltenwolf, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Athletes; Lumbar spine; Osteophytes; Radiographic changes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ENDURANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; JUMPING; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPHYTE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RUNNING; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRACK AND FIELD; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 14844361136     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000145606.68189.69     Document Type: Article

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