Facet angles in lumbar disc herniation: Their relation to anthropometric features

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1132-1136

  Karacan, Ilhan ^a,c   Aydin, Teoman ^a   Sahin, Zerrin ^a   Cidem, Muharrem ^a   Koyuncu, Halil ^b   Aktas, Ilknur ^b   Uludag, Murat ^b  

^a VAKIF GUREBA HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Facet asymmetry; Lumbar disc herniation; Sagittalization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACET ANGLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2442590512     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200405150-00016     Document Type: Article

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