Changes in Intervertebral Disk Dimensions After a Loading Task and the Relationship With Stature Change Measurements

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1795-1799

  Lewis, Sandra E ^a   Fowler, Neil E ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disk; Magnetic resonance imaging; Rehabilitation; Spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; HISTOLOGY; SPINE;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SPINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 70350482106     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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