Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 78, Issue 11 , Pages 1211-1214 , November 1997

Facet tropism in lumbar motion segments and its significance in disc herniation

  • Hyun-Yoon Ko, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Hyun-Yoon Ko, MD, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Pusan National University College of Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, 1-10 Ami-Dong, Suh-Ku, Pusan 602-739, South Korea.
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  • Byung Kyu Park, MD

Received 10 January 1997 ,Accepted 11 March 1997.

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Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 78, Issue 11 , Pages 1211-1214 , November 1997

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