Adolescent lumbar disc herniation and hamstring tightness

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1810-1814

  Zhu, Qingsan ^a   Gu, Rui ^a   Yang, Xiaoyu ^a   Lin, Ye ^a   Gao, Zhongli ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhisa ^b  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Hamstring tightness; Lumbar disc herniation; Physical sign

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MUSCLE TIGHTNESS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OSTEOTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DISKECTOMY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; KNEE JOINT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OSTEOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TENDONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746104055     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000226047.83475.e4     Document Type: Article

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