Sagittal Radiographic Parameters of the Spine in Three Physiological Postures Characterized Using a Slot Scanner and Their Potential Implications on Spinal Weight-Bearing Properties.

Conclusions: Load-bearing areas of the lumbar spine are sagittal alignment-specific and level-specific. This may imply that, depending on the surgical realignment strategy, attention should be paid not just to placing an intervertebral cage "as anterior as possible" for generating lordosis, but also on optimizing load-bearing in the lumbar spine. PMID: 32160727 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32160727?dopt=Abstract

Source: Asian Spine Journal - March 13, 2020 Category: Orthopaedics Tags: Asian Spine J Source Type: research