The significance of increased fluid signal on magnetic resonance imaging in lumbar facets in relationship to degenerative spondylolisthesis

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 1883-1887

  Chaput, Christopher ^a,b   Padon, Derek ^a   Rush, Jeremy ^a   Lenehan, Eric ^a   Rahm, Mark ^a  

^a TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SCOTT AND WHITE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Facet; Lumbar; Magnetic resonance imaging; Osteoarthritis; Spinal instability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIAL CYST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHROGRAPHY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SUPINE POSITION; SYNOVIAL CYST; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34548397699     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318113271a     Document Type: Article

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