A biomechanical analysis of the clinical stability of the lumbar and lumbosacral spine

Spine

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 374-389

  Posner, Ira ^a   White, Augustus A ^a   Edwards, W Thomas ^a   Hayes, Wilson C ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Extension; Flexion; Lumbar spine; Preload; Stability

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE; HUMAN CELL; JOINT STABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGE; PRESSURE; SACRUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0019965803     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-198207000-00008     Document Type: Article

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