Kinetic analysis of the cervical spinal cord in patients after spinous process-splitting laminoplasty using a kinematic magnetic resonance imaging technique

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Miyata, Keisuke ^a   Marui, Takashi ^a   Miura, Juichi ^a   Yoshiya, Shinich ^a   Fujii, Masahiko ^a   Kurosaka, Masahiro ^a   Doita, Minoru ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cervical myelopathy; Kinetic analysis; Laminoplasty; Magnetic resonance imaging; Postoperative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; KINETICS; LAMINOPLASTY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 33748351570     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000232788.72321.63     Document Type: Article

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