Occipitocervical vertical distraction injuries: Anatomical biomechanical, and 3-tesla magnetic resonance imaging investigation

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2066-2073

  Yüksel, K Zafer ^a,b   Yüksel, Murvet ^b   Gonzalez, L Fernando ^a   Baek, Seungwon ^a   Heiserman, Joseph E ^a   Sonntag, Volker K H ^a   Crawford, Neil R ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

3 Tesla; Alar ligaments; Apical ligament; Biomechanics; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATLANTOAXIAL DISLOCATION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; MALE; OCCIPITOCERVICAL VERTICAL DISTRACTION INJURY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENSION; WHOLE BODY MRI; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; ATLANTOOCCIPITAL JOINT; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; HISTOLOGY; LIGAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINE INJURY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 55449128270     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31817e2cfc     Document Type: Article

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