Measurement of in vivo intradiscal pressure in healthy thoracic intervertebral discs

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1320-1324

  Polga, David J ^a   Beaubien, Brian P ^a,e   Kallemeier, Patricia M ^a,b   Schellhas, Kurt P ^c   Lew, Willam D ^a   Buttermann, Glenn R ^d   Wood, Kirkham B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Center for Diagnostic Imaging   (United States)

^d Midwest Spine Institute   (United States)

^e MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc; Intradiscal pressure; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY POSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PRESSURE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 2942665466     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000127179.13271.78     Document Type: Article

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