Functional morphology of the spinal canal after endplate, wedge, and burst fractures

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 457-466

  Kifune, Masao ^a,b   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a   Liu, Wen ^a   Arand, Markus ^a   Vasavada, Anita ^a   Oxland, Thomas ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Burst fracture; Kinematics; Spinal canal; Thoracolumbar region

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

EID: 0031436706     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002517-199712000-00001     Document Type: Article

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