The narrowing of the lumbar spinal canal during loaded MRI: The effects of the disc and ligamentum flavum

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 679-686

  Hansson, Tommy ^a   Suzuki, Nobuyuki ^b   Hebelka, Hanna ^a   Gaulitz, Arne ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Intervertebral disc; Ligamentum flavum; Loaded MRI; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADICULOPATHY; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 67349126195     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-0919-7     Document Type: Article

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