Effect of intervertebral disk degeneration on spinal stenosis during magnetic resonance imaging with axial loading

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 242-247

  Ahn, Tae Joon ^a   Lee, Sang Ho ^a   Choi, Gun ^a   Ahn, Yong ^a   Liu, Wei Chiang ^a   Kim, Ho Jin ^a   Lee, Ho Yeon ^a  

^a Gimpo Airport Wooridul Spine Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disk; Magnetic resonance imaging; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; ISCHIALGIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERMITTENT CLAUDICATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYRADICULOPATHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADICULOPATHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIATICA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL STENOSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650898915     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: 13498029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.49.242     Document Type: Article

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