Assessing the range of cervical rotation in patients with rheumatoid arthritis after atlantoaxial screw fixation using axial CT

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 2318-2321

  Sugimoto, Yoshihisa ^a   Tanaka, Masato ^a   Nakanishi, Kazuo ^a   Misawa, Haruo ^a   Takigawa, Tomoyuki ^a   Ozaki, Toshifumi ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atlantoaxial fixation; C1 C2 fixation; Cervical rotation; Magerl technique; Range of motion; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREW; CERVICAL SPINAL CORD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; JOINT CAVITY; MALE; NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; BONE SCREWS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34848857944     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181557222     Document Type: Article

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