ZooMS: A non invasive analysis of global and metameric movement of the lumbar spine

Europa Medicophysica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-16

  Andreoni, G ^a   Negrini, S ^b,c   Ciavarro, G L ^a   Santambrogio, G C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ISICO ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC SPINE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE DON CARLO GNOCCHI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Back pain; Global mobility; Metameric; Posture; Quantitative functional analysis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT FUNCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PELVIS; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; ZOOM ON MOBILITY OF THE SPINE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTRONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SOFTWARE;

EID: 27244437263     PISSN: 00142573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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