Loading of pedicle screws within the vertebra

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 951-954

  Yerby, Scott A ^a   Ehteshami, John R ^b   McLain, Robert F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORTHOPEDICS;

PEDICLE SCREWS; VERTEBRAL BODY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; STRESS; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; CADAVER; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031239986     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(97)00037-7     Document Type: Article

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