MRI signal changes of the pedicle as an indicator for early diagnosis of spondylolysis in children and adolescents: A clinical and biomechanical study

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 206-211

  Sairyo, Koichi ^a,b,c   Katoh, Shinsuke ^a   Takata, Yoichiro ^a   Terai, Tomoya ^a   Yasui, Natsuo ^a   Goel, Vijay K ^b,c   Masuda, Akiyoshi ^b,c   Vadapalli, Sasidhar ^b,c   Biyani, Ashok ^b,c   Ebraheim, Nabil ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b The University of Toledo   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Finite element method; Lumbar spine; MRI; Spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FRACTURE HEALING; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

EID: 30944456525     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000195161.60549.67     Document Type: Review

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