The effects of the degenerative changes in the functional spinal unit on the kinematics of the cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Morishita, Yuichiro ^a   Hida, Shinichi ^b   Miyazaki, Masashi ^a   Hong, Soon Woo ^a   Zou, Jun ^a   Wei, Feng ^a   Naito, Masatoshi ^b   Wang, Jeffrey C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical cord compression; Cervical kinematics; Functional spinal unit; Intervertebral disc degeneration; Kinematic MRI

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; KINEMATICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE MOBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION;

EID: 41349089052     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318166f059     Document Type: Article

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