Vertebral Wedging (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Vertebral Wedging

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Women with (a) less vertebral wedging at the third-to-last lumbar vertebra (modal L3 depicted), and (b) greater wedging, resulting in a more acute angle of lumbar curvature.

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The University of Texas at Austin

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