Functional assessment of the lumbar spine through the optoelectronic ZooMS system: Clinical application

Europa Medicophysica

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 135-143

  Ciavarro, G L ^a   Andreoni, G ^a   Negrini, S ^b   Santambrogio, G C ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ISICO ITALIAN SCIENTIFIC SPINE INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Functional evaluation; Low back pain; Motion; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGING SYSTEM; LUMBAR SPINAL CORD; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; SPINE MOBILITY;

BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE;

EID: 33745889311     PISSN: 00142573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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