Comparison of thoracolumbar motion produced by manual and Jackson-table-turning methods: Study of a cadaveric instability model

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1698-1704

  DiPaola, Christian P ^a   DiPaola, Matthew J ^b   Conrad, Bryan P ^c   Horodyski, MaryBeth ^c   Del Rossi, Gianluca ^d   Sawers, Andrew ^a   Rechtine II, Glenn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CADAVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; OPERATING ROOM; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SPINE MOBILITY; STANDARD; SUPINE POSITION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

EID: 48749112469     PISSN: 00219355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2106/JBJS.G.00818     Document Type: Article

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