Effect of age and loading rate on human cervical spine injury threshold

Spine

Volumn 23, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 1957-1962

  Pintar, Frank A ^a   Yoganandan, N ^a   Voo, Liming ^a  

^a CLEMENT J ZABLOCKI VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age effects; Biomechanics; Cervical spine; Spinal cord injury; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FORCE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEX FACTORS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINAL INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0032530936     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199809150-00007     Document Type: Article

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