Craniopelvic alignment in elderly asymptomatic individuals: Analysis of 671 cranial centers of gravity

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 1121-1127

  Yoshida, Go ^a   Yasuda, Tatsuya ^b   Togawa, Daisuke ^b   Hasegawa, Tomohiko ^b   Yamato, Yu ^b   Kobayashi, Sho ^b   Arima, Hideyuki ^b   Hoshino, Hironobu ^b   Matsuyama, Yukihiro ^b  

^a HAMAMATSU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult spinal deformity; C7 plumb line; Cervical alignment; Cranial center of gravity; Elderly; Global spine balance; Radiography; Sagittal vertical axis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COBB ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL CENTER OF GRAVITY; CRANIOPELVIC ALIGNMENT; EUROQOL 5D; FEMALE; GRAVITY; HEAD; HUMAN; IMAGING SOFTWARE; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OSWESTRY DISABILITY INDEX; PELVIC DISEASE; PELVIC INCIDENCE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SACRAL SLOPE; SACRAL SPINAL CORD; SAGITTAL VERTICAL AXIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINE MALFORMATION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STANDING; THORACIC KYPHOSIS; THORACIC SPINE; BODY POSTURE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SKULL; SPINE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LORDOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SKULL; SPINE;

EID: 84902540317     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000360     Document Type: Article

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