Journal article
Stability considerations for the lumbar spine
Techniques in neurosurgery, Vol.4(3), pp.199-205
09/01/1998
Abstract
The stability (or instability) of the human spine is integral to the diagnosis and treatment of patients with low back pain. The stability of the lumbar spine can be "determined" through the use of clinical and radiographic criteria or other methods of determining the orientation of one spinal vertebra with respect to another. These measurements can then be compared to the normal range of motion for the lumbar spine. A number of guidelines have been established that indicate the point at which spinal instability has been reached. This instability can be the result of injury, disease, and many other factors, including surgery. Facetectomy, laminectomy, and discectomy, three relatively common procedures, are used by a surgeon to relieve pain in the lumbar spine. However, a certain increase in the range of motion within the spine usually accompanies these procedures. This increase in motion may lead to instability. Therefore, it is necessary to become familiar with recent findings and suggestions that deal with the instability that can result from such procedures.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Stability considerations for the lumbar spine
- Creators
- V K GoelJ WoodhouseP W Hitchon
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Techniques in neurosurgery, Vol.4(3), pp.199-205
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- ISSN
- 1077-2855
- eISSN
- 1534-5017
- Number of pages
- 7
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/01/1998
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984303901102771
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