The biomechanics of gravity-dependent traction of the lumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-260

  Janke, Aaron W ^a   Kerkow, Todd A ^b   Griffiths, Harry J ^a   Sparrow, Ephraim M ^a,b   Iaizzo, Paul A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

LTX 3000 Lumbar Rehabilitation System; lumbar unloading; radiographs; strain gauge measurements; thoracic cage immobilization; traction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; THORAX; TRACTION THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; EVALUATION STUDIES; GRAVITATION; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TRACTION;

EID: 0031059877     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199702010-00004     Document Type: Article

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