Analysis of the relationship between facet joint angle orientation and Lumbar Spine canal diameter with respect to the kinematics of the Lumbar Spinal unit

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 242-248

  Miyazaki, Masashi ^a   Morishita, Yuichiro ^b   Takita, Chikahiro ^a   Yoshiiwa, Toyomi ^a   Wang, Jeffrey C ^b   Tsumura, Hiroshi ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Facet orientation; Kinematic analysis; Kinetic magnetic resonance imaging; Lumbar spine; Spondylolisthesis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DEGENERATION; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CANAL; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 77953603786     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BSD.0b013e3181a8123e     Document Type: Article

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