Facet orientation and tropism: Associations with spondylolysis

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-105

  Kalichman, Leonid ^a   Guermazi, Ali ^a   Li, Ling ^b   Hunter, David J ^a,b   Suri, Pradeep ^b,c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Facet orientation; Facet tropism; Spondylolysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACET JOINT ORIENTATION; FACET JOINT TROPISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPONDYLOLYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 77951045226     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e31819afb80     Document Type: Article

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