Magnetic Resonance Imaging study of cross-sectional area of the cervical extensor musculature in an asymptomatic cohort

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-40

  Elliott, James M ^a,b   Jull, G A ^a   Noteboom, J T ^b   Durbridge, G L ^a   Gibbon, W W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b REGIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; CSA; MRI; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CERVICAL SPINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; MORPHOMETRICS; MULTIFIDUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NECK EXTENSOR MUSCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUS CAPITIS POSTERIOR MAJOR; RECTUS CAPITIS POSTERIOR MINOR; RELIABILITY; SEMISPINALIS CAPITIS; SEMISPINALIS CERVICIS; SPLENIUS CAPITIS; SYMPTOM; TRAPEZIUS MUSCLE; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NECK MUSCLES;

EID: 33845433270     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20252     Document Type: Article

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