Three-dimensional study of the musculotendinous architecture of lumbar multifidus and its functional implications

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 539-546

  Rosatelli, Alessandro L ^a   Ravichandiran, Kajeandra ^a   Agur, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

3D; Angle; Back muscles; Cadavers; Computer modeling; Length; Tendon; Volume

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPUTER MODEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; TENDON;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TENDONS;

EID: 50949085151     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20659     Document Type: Article

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