Facet orientation and tropism: Associations with facet joint osteoarthritis and degeneratives

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 2009, Pages

  Kalichman, Leonid ^a   Suri, Pradeep ^b,c,d   Guermazi, Ali ^a   Li, Ling ^b   Hunter, David J ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d and Red Sox Foundation and Massachusetts General Hospital Home Base Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Facet joint; Facet orientation; Facet tropism; Multi detector computed tomography; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 68949098150     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181aa2acb     Document Type: Article

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