Lumbar intervertebral disc mobility: Effect of disc degradation and of geometry

European Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 533-541

  Campana, S ^a,b   De Guise, J A ^b   Rillardon, L ^a   Mitton, D ^a   Skalli, W ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOMÉCANIQUE   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Degeneration; Imaging; Lumbar intervertebral disc; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISKOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 35748950126     PISSN: 16338065     EISSN: 14321068     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00590-007-0243-z     Document Type: Article

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