The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 297-305, April 2010

Magnetic resonance imaging and stadiometric assessment of the lumbar discs after sitting and chair-care decompression exercise: a pilot study

  • Jerome C.J. Fryer, DC

      Affiliations

    • Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada V9S 3Y3
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. #2-1551 Estevan Rd, Nanaimo, BC, Canada V9S 3Y3. Tel.: (250) 753-5351; fax: (250) 758-8316.
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  • Jeffrey A. Quon, DC, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences, St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6Z 1Y6
    • School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z3
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  • Francis W. Smith, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland AB25 2ZD
    • School of Health Sciences, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, Scotland AB10 1FR

Received 21 July 2009; received in revised form 8 November 2009; accepted 15 January 2010. published online 02 March 2010.

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 FDA device/drug status: not applicable.

 Author disclosures: JCJF (grants, Research Grant; other relationships, President of Dynamic Disc Designs Corp.); FWS (consulting, Kyphon-Medtronic; speaking and/or teaching arrangements: Kyphon-Medtronic; trips/travel: Kyphon-Medtronic).

 Sources of support: JCJF was supported by a grant from the British Columbia Chiropractic College.

PII: S1529-9430(10)00045-8

doi:10.1016/j.spinee.2010.01.009

The Spine Journal
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 297-305, April 2010

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