Threshold cervical range-of-motion necessary to detect abnormal intervertebral motion in cervical spine radiographs

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Hwang, Hosun ^a   Hipp, John A ^a   Ben Galim, Peleg ^a   Reitman, Charles A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Flexion extension; Instability; Soft tissue injuries

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ARTHROGRAPHY; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINAL INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 42149134284     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31816b88a4     Document Type: Article

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