The lumbar spine in Neanderthals shows natural kyphosis

European Spine Journal

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL.2, 2008, Pages

  Weber, Jochen ^a   Pusch, Carsten Matthias ^b  

^a Unfallkrankenh Berlin Trauma Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Kyphosis; Lordosis; Lumbar spine; Neanderthal man; Paleopathology; Spondylosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOSSIL HUMAN; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KYPHOSIS; LIFE STYLE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PALEONTOLOGY; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL DISEASES; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 50649099253     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-008-0640-y     Document Type: Article

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