Clinical correlation of radiological spinal stenosis after standardization for vertebral body size

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 776-780

  Athiviraham, A ^a   Yen, D ^a   Scott, C ^a   Soboleski, D ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE SURGERY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS;

EID: 34250843293     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.02.011     Document Type: Article

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