Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis is not always unstable: Clinicobiomechanical evidence

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 26, 2014, Pages 2127-2135

  Hasegawa, Kazuhiro ^a   Kitahara, Ko ^b   Shimoda, Haruka ^a   Ishii, Keiji ^a   Ono, Masatoshi ^a   Homma, Takao ^a   Watanabe, Kei ^c  

^a Niigata Spine Surgery Center   (Japan)

^b Showa Ikakogyo Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL AND DENTAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinicobiomechanical study; Facet opening; Fl exionextension; Intraoperative measurement system; Lumbar degenerative spondylolisthesis; Neutral zone; Restabilization; Risk factor for segmental instability; Segmental instability; Stiffness; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR DEGENERATIVE SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RANGE OF MOTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM 36; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 84919441701     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000621     Document Type: Article

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