Preoperative evaluation of extension capacity of the occipitoatlantoaxial complex in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: Comparison between the bellbouse test and a new method, hyomental distance ratio

Anesthesiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 680-685

  Takenaka, Ichiro ^a   Iwagaki, Tamao ^a   Aoyama, Kazuyoshi ^a   Ishimura, Hiroshi ^a   Kadoya, Tatsuo ^a  

^a STEEL MEMORIAL YAWATA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HEAD; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SPINE MOBILITY;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; PREOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 33645643779     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200604000-00011     Document Type: Article

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