Disc height and motion patterns in the lumbar spine in patients operated with total disc replacement or fusion for discogenic back pain. Results from a randomized controlled trial

Spine Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 991-998

  Berg, Svante ^a   Tropp, Hans T ^b   Leivseth, Gunnar ^c  

^a Stockholm Spine Center   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Disc height; Fusion; Mobility; RCT; TDR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCOGENIC PAIN; DISTORTION COMPENSATED ROENTGEN ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FLEXION EXTENSION X RAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858775231     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2011.08.434     Document Type: Article

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