The external spinal fixator does not reduce anterior column motion under axial compressive loads. A mechanical in vitro study

Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-41

  Lund, Teija ^a   Rathonyi, Gabor ^b   Schienzka, Dietrich ^a   Oxland, Thomas R ^c  

^a ORTON ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Semmelweis USM   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; DISTRACTION OSTEOGENESIS; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FRACTURE EXTERNAL FIXATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MOTION; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; SPINE STABILIZATION; VERTEBRA;

EID: 0033022653     PISSN: 00016470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17453679909000955     Document Type: Article

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