Hyperconcavity of the lumbar vertebral endplates in the elite football lineman

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1434-1439

  Moorman III, Claude T ^a   Johnson, David C ^b   Pavlov, Helene ^b   Barnes, Ronnie ^b   Warren, Russell F ^b   Speer, Kevin P ^a   Guettler, Joseph H ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^c Performance Orthopedics   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive; Football; Hyperconcavity; Lumbar; Spine

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOTBALL; HUMAN; HYPERCONCAVITY OF THE VERTEBRAL ENDPLATE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 4143103505     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546504264930     Document Type: Article

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