A description of the lumbar interfascial triangle and its relation with the lateral raphe: Anatomical constituents of load transfer through the lateral margin of the thoracolumbar fascia

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 568-576

  Schuenke, M D ^a   Vleeming, A ^a,b   Van Hoof, T ^b   Willard, F H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Lateral raphe; Lumbar interfascial triangle; Lumbar spine; Paraspinal retinacular sheath; Pelvis; Thoracolumbar fascia; Transversus abdominis

Indexed keywords

AGED; APONEUROSIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; FASCIA; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILIAC CREST; INTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LUMBAR INTERFASCIAL TRIANGLE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; THORACOLUMBAR FASCIA; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS MUSCLE; VERTEBRA; VISCOELASTICITY;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PELVIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84867998713     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2012.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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