2006 Young investigator award winner: Lumbosacral nerve root displacement and strain: Part 2. A comparison of 2 straight leg raise conditions in unembalmed cadavers

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1521-1525

  Gilbert, Kerry K ^a   Brismée, Jean Michel ^a   Collins, Dwayne L ^b   James, C Roger ^a   Shah, Rinoo V ^c   Sawyer, Steven F ^a   Sizer, Phillip S ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Pain Management Clinic   (United States)

^c GUTHRIE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lumbar spine; Nerve mobility; Neural tension; Straight leg raise

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; HUMAN; LEG MOVEMENT; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; NERVE ROOT LESION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; STRAIGHT LEG RAISE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LEG; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL NERVE ROOTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34250777875     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318067dd72     Document Type: Article

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