Study of the effects of flexion on the position of the conus medullaris

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1043-1045

  Bauer, David F ^a   Shoja, Mohammadali M ^b   Loukas, Marios ^c   Oakes, W Jerry ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^d  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Movement; Spinal cord; Vertebral column

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CADAVER; CAUDA EQUINA; CONUS MEDULLARIS; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FLEXION; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CAUDA EQUINA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; POSTURE; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 49349096518     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00381-008-0640-6     Document Type: Article

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