Kinematic analysis of the relationship between sagittal alignment and disc degeneration in the cervical spine

Spine

Volumn 33, Issue 23, 2008, Pages

  Miyazaki, Masashi ^a   Hymanson, Henry J ^b   Morishita, Yuichiro ^b   He, Wubing ^b   Zhang, Haihong ^b   Wu, Guizhong ^b   Kong, Min Ho ^c   Tsumura, Hiroshi ^a   Wang, Jeffrey C ^b,d  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Seoul Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Disc degeneration; Kinematic analysis; Kinetic MRI; Sagittal alignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE ATROPHY; CERVICAL SPINE; DISC DEGENERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; BIOMECHANICS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LORDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LORDOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59649083491     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181839733     Document Type: Article

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