Which spinal levels are identified by palpation of the iliac crests and the posterior superior iliac spines?

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 232-236

  Chakraverty, Robin ^a   Pynsent, Paul ^a   Isaacs, Karen ^a  

^a ROYAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iliac crest; Intercristal line; Palpation; Posterior superior iliac spine; Spinal level

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; ILIAC CREST; KAPPA STATISTICS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIUM; INJECTIONS, SPINAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALPATION;

EID: 33846560263     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2006.00686.x     Document Type: Article

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