Repeatability test of C7 plumb line and gravity line on asymptomatic volunteers using an optical measurement technique

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Zheng, Xiujun ^a   Chaudhari, Rahul ^a   Wu, Chunhui ^b   Mehbod, Amir A ^a   Transfeldt, Ensor E ^a   Winter, Robert B ^a  

^a TWIN CITIES SPINE CENTER   (United States)

^b Foundation for the Advancement of Spinal Knowledge   (United States)

Author keywords

gravity line; plumb line; repeatability; standing position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPINE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STANDING; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTURAL BALANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955948189     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181db7432     Document Type: Article

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