An apparatus for spine biomechanical testing

Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation

Volumn 32, Issue , 1996, Pages 261-265

  Stone, James J S ^a   Currier, Bradford L ^b   An, Kai Nan ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bending moment; Biomechanics; Instrumentation; Material testing; Spine; Strain gages

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; BONE; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL TESTING; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; STRAIN GAGES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

ALUMINUM ALLOY BEAM; BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; CANTILEVER BEAM MODEL; PURE BENDING MOMENT; SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ALUMINUM;

APPARATUS; BIOMECHANICS; CONFERENCE PAPER; SPINE; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER;

BIOMECHANICS; MOVEMENT; SPINE;

EID: 0029935391     PISSN: 00678856     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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