Vertebral compression fractures - New clinical signs to aid diagnosis

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-166

  Langdon, James ^a   Way, Adam ^a   Heaton, Samuel ^a   Bernard, Jason ^b   Molloy, Sean ^a  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Symptomatic osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCUSSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINE FRACTURE; SUPINE POSITION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCUSSION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPINAL FRACTURES; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 77951236193     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588410X12518836440162     Document Type: Article

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