Measurements of ligamentum flavum thickening at lumbar spine using MRI

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1415-1419

  Sakamaki, Tadanori ^a   Sairyo, Koichi ^b   Sakai, Toshinori ^b   Tamura, Tatsuya ^b   Okada, Yuji ^a   Mikami, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Oe Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ligamentum flavum; Measurement; MRI; Spinal canal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LEG PAIN; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM THICKENING; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 69249234635     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-009-0849-1     Document Type: Article

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