CT morphology and morphometry of the normal adult coccyx

European Spine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 863-870

  Woon, Jason T K ^a   Perumal, Vivekanandan ^a   Maigne, Jean Yves ^b   Stringer, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

Coccydynia; Coccygectomy; Coccyx anatomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; COCCYGEAL BONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBLUXATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COCCYX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887319682     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-012-2595-2     Document Type: Article

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