Anatomy and biomechanics of the vertebral aponeurosis part of the posterior layer of the thoracolumbar fascia

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-129

  Loukas, Marios ^a   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^b   Thurston, Todd ^c   Jones, Virginia L ^c   Linganna, Sanjay ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^d,e  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Back; Biomechanics; Fascia; Thoracolumbar

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BACK; BACKACHE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUTURE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL APONEUROSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 39649123980     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-007-0291-4     Document Type: Article

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