The spinal lax zone and neutral zone: Measurement techniques and parameter comparisons

Journal of Spinal Disorders

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 416-429

  Crawford, Neil R ^a   Peles, Joseph D ^a   Dickman, Curtis A ^a  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Compressive preload; Elastic zone; Neutral zone; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISKECTOMY; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; WEIGHT BEARING;

CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; JOINTS; MATHEMATICS; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0031726313     PISSN: 08950385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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