Pelvic lordosis and pelvic incidence: The relationship of pelvic parameters to sagittal spinal profile

Current Opinion in Orthopaedics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 150-153

  Jackson, Roger P ^a   McManus, Anne C ^b  

^a North kansas City Hospital   (United States)

^b Midwest Spine Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Complementary lumbopelvic lordosis; Congruent spinopelvic alignment; Pelvic incidence; Pelvic lordosis; Pelvic morphology; Pelvic radius technique

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HIP; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; INCIDENCE; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MORPHOLOGY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SACRUM; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE INSTABILITY; TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; X RAY FILM;

EID: 2442574006     PISSN: 10419918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bco.0000120643.46244.8a     Document Type: Review

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