Study Design. For this study, 43 asymptomatic individuals underwent magnetic resonance
imaging of the lumbar spine in both supine psoas-relaxed position and supine axial …

Study Design. Patients with low back pain, sciatica, and neurogenic claudication were
observed during computed tomographic myelography or magnetic resonance imaging in …

Study Design. We compared the sizes of the dural sac among conventional magnetic
resonance imaging (MRI), axial loaded MRI, and upright myelography in patients with …

Study Design. Clinical findings of spinal stenosis were compared to graded radiologic
findings of dural sac narrowing. Objectives. To examine the changes of the dural sac area of …

Study Design. Case series study. Objective. To define diagnostic advancement of L-spine
magnetic resonance with axial loading device in patients with clinically suspected central …

Study Design. In patients with sciatica or neurogenic claudication, the structures in and
adjacent to the lumbar spinal canal were observed by computed tomographic myelography …

Purpose: To evaluate the effect of compressive axial loading in imaging of the lumbar spine
in patients with clinically suspected spinal stenosis. Material and Methods: A total of 84 …

Objective: Upright flexion-extension myelography has shown marked variation in the
severity of lumbar dural sac stenosis during flexion and extension in some patients (" …

Study Design. Axial load-dependent changes in the lumbar spine of supine healthy
volunteers were examined using a compression device compatible with magnetic …

Spinal canal stenosis is a dynamic phenomenon that becomes apparent during spinal
loading. Current diagnostic procedures have considerable short comings in diagnosing the …