MR findings of exaggerated fluid in facet joints predicts instability

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 468-472

  Schinnerer, Kimberly A ^a   Katz, Lee D ^a   Grauer, Jonathan N ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

lumbar vertebrae; magnetic resonance imaging; spine; spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE DISEASE; STATISTICS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; UNITED STATES; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

CONNECTICUT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL DISEASES; SYNOVIAL FLUID; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 58749096198     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181585bab     Document Type: Article

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