Principal Components Analysis of the Atlas Vertebra

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 212-216

  Meseke, Christopher A ^a   Duray, Stephen M ^b   Brillon, Sebastien R ^b  

^a Academic Affairs   (United States)

^b PALMER COLLEGE OF CHIROPRACTIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Atlas; Cervical Vertebrae; Chiropractic; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATLAS; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; ATLAS; AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; CHIROPRACTIC; HUMANS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 41249089119     PISSN: 01614754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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