Intraoperative spinal stiffness measurement in management of spinal canal stenosis

Acta Medica Iranica

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 365-368

  Karami, M ^a   Sadat, M M ^a   Zehtab, M J ^a   Habibollah Zadeh, P ^a   Akrami, K ^a   Zareei, M R ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Degenerative disc disease; Joint instability; Lumbar spine; Motion segment; Spinal diseases; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33645217108     PISSN: 00446025     EISSN: 00446025     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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