Relationship of facet tropism with degeneration and stability of functional spinal unit

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 624-629

  Min, Ho Kong ^a   He, Wubing ^b   Tsai, Yu Duan ^c   Chen, Nan Fu ^d   Keorochana, Gun ^e   Do, Duc H ^f   Wang, Jeffrey C ^f  

^a Seoul Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b FUJIAN PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Facet joint; Facet tropism; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; JOINT DEGENERATION; KINETICS; LUMBAR FACET TROPISM; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT DISEASES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 70449722883     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.5.624     Document Type: Article

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