Does the sagittal alignment of the cervical spine have an impact on disk degeneration? Minimum 10-year follow-up of asymptomatic volunteers

European Spine Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1644-1651

  Okada, Eijiro ^a   Matsumoto, Morio ^a   Ichihara, Daisuke ^a   Chiba, Kazuhiro ^a   Toyama, Yoshiaki ^a   Fujiwara, Hirokazu ^a   Momoshima, Suketaka ^a   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Hashimoto, Takeshi ^a   Ogawa, Jun ^b   Watanabe, Masahiko ^c   Takahata, Takeshi ^d  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Isehara Kyodo Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Asymptomatic volunteers; Cervical spine; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Sagittal alignment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LORDOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450228585     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1095-5     Document Type: Article

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