A Longitudinal Study of Congruent Sagittal Spinal Alignment in an Adult Cohort

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 671-676

  Kobayashi, Tetsuya ^a,c   Atsuta, Yuji ^a   Matsuno, Takeo ^a   Takeda, Naoki ^b  

^a ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Longitudinal study; Lumbar lordosis; Lumbopelvic congruity; Sagittal spinal alignment; Spinal degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SAGITTAL SPINAL ALIGNMENT; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINE;

EID: 1542405787     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000115127.51758.A2     Document Type: Article

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