Variation in the human cervical neural canal

Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 623-631

  Tatarek, Nancy E ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior posterior diameter; Anthropology; Cervical spinal stenosis; Cervical spine; Sagittal diameter; Transverse diameter

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; CAUCASIAN; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANATOMY, CROSS-SECTIONAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY SIZE; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 28044449555     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.07.009     Document Type: Review

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