A new look at the geometry of the lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 35, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Been, Ella ^a   Barash, Alon ^a   Pessah, Hayuta ^a   Peleg, Smadar ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

intervertebral discs; lordosis angle; morphology; posture; vertebral body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MECHANICAL TORSION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77957373129     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181ddd433     Document Type: Article

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