A morphological adaptation of the thoracic and lumbar vertebrae to lumbar hyperlordosis in young and adult females

European Spine Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 768-773

  Masharawi, Youssef ^a   Dar, Gali ^a,b   Peleg, Smadar ^a   Steinberg, Nili ^c   Medlej, Bahaa ^a   May, Hila ^a   Abbas, Janan ^a   Hershkovitz, Israel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c WINGATE INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Lumbar hyperlordosis; Lumbar interfacet width; Spinous process thickness; Vertebral shape; Vertebral wedging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALOG DIGITAL CONVERTER; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR HYPERLORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETON; THICKNESS; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77954532938     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-009-1256-6     Document Type: Article

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