Clinical perspectives on secular trends of intervertebral foramen diameters in an industrialized European society

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 733-739

  Rühli, Frank J ^a,b,c   Henneberg, Maciej ^b  

^a ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Backache; Bone; Pain; Paleopathology; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; INTERVERTEBRAL FORAMEN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULOPATHY; REVIEW; SKELETON; SOCIAL CLASS; SPINE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BIRTH CERTIFICATES; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; SWITZERLAND; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TIME;

EID: 15744404655     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0682-8     Document Type: Review

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