Congenital cervical block vertebrae are associated with caudally adjacent discs

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 669-674

  Leivseth, Gunnar ^a,b   Frobin, Wolfgang ^c   Brinckmann, Paul ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Block vertebra; Cervical spine; Congenital fusion; Disc height; Segmental motion

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BONE; FRICTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; ROTATION; SURGERY;

CERVICAL BLOCK VERTEBRAE; CERVICAL DISC HEIGHT; CERVICAL KINEMATICS; MOTION SEGMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 21444432172     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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