The length of the cervical cord: Effects of postural changes in healthy volunteers using positional magnetic resonance imaging

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 17, 2006, Pages

  Kuwazawa, Yasuyuki ^a,b   Pope, Malcolm H ^a   Bashir, Waseem ^a   Takahashi, Keisuke ^b   Smith, Francis W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Flexion extension; Positional magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE MOBILITY; SUPINE POSITION;

ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 33748076455     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000229228.62627.75     Document Type: Article

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