Lumbar facet orientation in spondylolysis: A skeletal study

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  Masharawi, Youssef Maher ^a   Alperovitch Najenson, Deborah ^a   Steinberg, Nili ^a,e   Dar, Gali ^a,d   Peleg, Smadar ^a   Rothschild, Bruce ^b   Salame, Khalil ^c   Hershkovitz, Israel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^e WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Facet orientation; Isthmic spondylolysis; Lumbar vertebra; Transverse facet angle

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR FACET JOINT ORIENTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPONDYLOLYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPONDYLOLYSIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34147162277     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000257565.41856.0f     Document Type: Article

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