Kinematic analysis of the relationship between the grade of disc degeneration and motion unit of the cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 187-193

  Miyazaki, Masashi ^a   Hong, Soon Woo ^a   Yoon, Seung Hwan ^a   Zou, Jun ^a   Tow, Benjamin ^a   Alanay, Ahmet ^b   Abitbol, Jean Jacques ^c   Wang, Jeffrey C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Disc degeneration; Intervertebral disc; Kinematic analysis; Kinetic magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGULAR VARIATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CERVICAL SPINE; DEGENERATION; DISC DEGENERATION; FEMALE; GRADING SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KINEMATICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; NECK PAIN; NEURALGIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; TRANSLATIONAL MOTION;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MOVEMENT; NECK PAIN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 38149062147     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181604501     Document Type: Article

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