Standardized provocation of lumbar spine mobility: Three methods compared by radiostereometric analysis

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 792-797

  Axelsson, Paul ^a   Karlsson, Bjarki S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Intervertebral translations; Lumbar spine kinematics; Radiostereometry; Standardized provocation

Indexed keywords

TANTALUM;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KINEMATICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE SPASM; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION; RADIOSTEREOMETRIC ANALYSIS; SITTING; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINE MOBILITY; STEREOMETRY; SUPINE POSITION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; EXTERNAL FIXATORS; FEMALE; HIP; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; POSTURE; SHOULDER; SPINAL DISEASES; SUPINE POSITION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 16844369120     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000157477.91870.20     Document Type: Article

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