A kinematic study of the cervical spine before and after segmental arthrodesis

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1649-1656

  Fuller, David A ^a,d   Kirkpatrick, John S ^c   Emery, Sanford E ^a   Wilber, R Geoffrey ^a   Davy, Dwight T ^b  

^a Alzheimer Research Laboratory   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaver; Cervical spine; Fusion; Kinematic; Stereophotogrammetry

Indexed keywords

ARTHRODESIS; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CINERADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0032142933     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199808010-00006     Document Type: Article

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