Segmental motion adjacent to anterior cervical arthrodesis: A prospective study

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 512-517

  Kolstad, Frode ^a,b   Nygaard, Øystein P ^a,b   Leivseth, Gunnar ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adjacent level; Cervical fusion; Segmental motion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR SPINE FUSION; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL ARTHRODESIS; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICOBRACHIAL NEURALGIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DECOMPRESSION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; SPINE MOBILITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADICULOPATHY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33947173226     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000256448.04035.bb     Document Type: Article

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