Imaging correlation of the degree of degenerative L4-5 spondylolisthesis with the corresponding amount of facet fluid: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 614-619

  Cho, Bo Young ^a   Murovic, Judith A ^b   Park, Jon ^b  

^a National Health Insurance Corporation   (South Korea)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Degenerative spondylolisthesis; Facet fluid; Hypermobility; MR imaging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACET FLUID; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SUPINE POSITION; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYNOVIAL FLUID; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 71849097157     PISSN: 15475654     EISSN: 15475646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.SPINE08413     Document Type: Article

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