Segmental Instability of the Lumbar Spine
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Segmental instability of the lumbar spine.
The lumbar spine, although often described as a single functional unit, is composed of 5 vertebrae forming what are called "motion segments" connected in series.5 Each motion segment consists of 2 adjacent vertebral bodies and the connecting ligaments.6 Spinal motion segments represent the smallest segments of the spine exhibiting biomechanical characteristics similar to those of the entire spi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Physical Therapy
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0031-9023,1538-6724
DOI: 10.1093/ptj/78.8.889