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Chapter 15 - Spine Clinical Cases

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 April 2022

By
Daine Clarke ,
James A. Fernandes  and
Jonathan A. Clamp
Edited by
Fazal Ali  and
Nick Harris
Fazal Ali
Affiliation:
Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Nick Harris
Affiliation:
Spire Hospital, Leeds
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Summary

This chapter presents different spinal pathologies and explains how to examine each case. The specific clinical tests and clinical signs are pointed out for each case. Cases covered include kyphosis, ankylosing spondylosis, cervical myelopathy, rheumatoid spine and spondylolisthesis, amongst others.

Keywords

spinekyphosisankylosing spondylitismyelopathyspondylolisthesisscoliosis
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Orthopaedic Examination Techniques
A Practical Guide
 , pp. 268 - 283
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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