Mechanical behavior of the female sacroiliac joint and influence of the anterior and posterior sacroiliac ligaments under sagittal loads

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 293-299

  Wang, M ^a   Dumas, G A ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mechanical testing; Pelvic stability; Pelvis; Sacroiliac joint; Sacroiliac ligament

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; COMPRESSION TESTING; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LIGAMENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

PELVIC STABILITY; SACROILIAC JOINTS; SACROILIAC LIGAMENTS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; LIGAMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 0032103657     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00088-6     Document Type: Article

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