Variable positions of the sacral auricular surface: Classification and importance

Neurosurgical Focus

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1-7

  Mahato, Niladri Kumar ^a  

^a SRI AUROBINDO INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Auricular surface; Facet joint; Low back pain; Sacral segment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; WEIGHT BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACRUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 77953607606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10920684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.12.FOCUS09265     Document Type: Article

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