Reference values for the cervical spinal canal and the vertebral bodies by MRI in a general population.

PURPOSE:To provide population-based reference values for cervical spinal canal parameters and vertebral body (VB) width and to study their associations with sex, age, body height, body weight and body mass index (BMI) using MRI. METHODS:Cross-sectional analyses included data from 2,453 participants,...

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Main Authors: Christopher Nell, Robin Bülow, Norbert Hosten, Carsten Oliver Schmidt, Katrin Hegenscheid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222682