Clinical presentation and anatomic position of L3-L4 disc herniation: A prospective and comparative study

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 467-469

  Tamir, Eran ^a   Anekshtein, Yoram ^b,c   Melamed, Eitan ^b,c   Halperin, Nahum ^b,c   Mirovsky, Yigal ^b,c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disc herniation; Far lateral location; Foraminal location; L3 L4; Transverse location

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYALGIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TENDON REFLEX; THIGH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFLEX, ABNORMAL;

EID: 16644361913     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bsd.0000124764.36865.18     Document Type: Article

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