Aging of the cervical spine in healthy volunteers: A 10-year longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 706-712

  Okada, Eijiro ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Ichihara, Daisuke ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Fujiwara, Hirokazu ^a   Momoshima, Suketaka ^a   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Hashimoto, Takeshi ^a   Ogawa, Jun ^b   Watanabe, Masahiko ^c   Takahata, Takeshi ^d  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Isehara Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Asymptomatic subjects; Cervical spine; Longitudinal study; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPONDYLOSIS; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; SPONDYLOSIS;

EID: 67649409458     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31819c2003     Document Type: Article

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