Spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis: Prevalence of different forms of instability and clinical implications

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Niggemann, Pascal ^a   Kuchta, Johannes ^b   Beyer, Hans Konrad ^a   Grosskurth, D ^a   Schulze, Thorsten ^c   Delank, Karl Stefan ^d  

^a Privatpraxis für Upright MRT Köln Rodenkirchen ^*  (Germany)

^b Mediapark Klinik   (Germany)

^c Privatpraxis für Upright MRT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

angular instability; anterior instability; low back pain; posterior instability; spondylolisthesis; spondylolysis; upright MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INCIDENCE; ISTHMIC SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; LEG PAIN; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADICULAR PAIN; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

BIOMECHANICS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GERMANY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; SPONDYLOLYSIS;

EID: 80053956324     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181d47a0e     Document Type: Article

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