Magnetic resonance imaging of the lumbar spine in asymptomatic older adults

Journal of Back and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 67-72

  Tong, Henry C ^a,b   Carson, James T ^c   Haig, Andrew J ^b   Quint, Douglas J ^b   Phalke, Vaishali R ^b   Yamakawa, Karen S J ^b   Miner, Jennifer A ^b  

^a Michigan Head and Spine Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Lumbar vertebrae; Lumbosacral region; Normality; Spinal stenosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT DEGENERATION; LIGAMENT DISEASE; LUMBAR SPINE; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

EID: 33845235216     PISSN: 10538127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/BMR-2006-192-305     Document Type: Article

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