A follower load increases the load-carrying capacity of the lumbar spine in compression

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1003-1009

  Patwardhan, Avinash G ^a,b   Havey, Robert M ^a,b   Meade, Kevin P ^b,c   Lee, Brian ^b   Dunlap, Brian ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HINES VA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Follower load; Load carrying capacity; Lumbar spine; Muscles; Stability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; SACRUM; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033562385     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199905150-00014     Document Type: Conference Paper

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