Surface strain distribution on thoracic and lumbar vertebrae under axial compression: The role in burst fractures

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1197-1202

  Hongo, Michio ^b   Abe, Eiji ^c   Shimada, Yoichi ^c   Murai, Hajime ^c   Ishikawa, Noriyuki ^a   Sato, Kozo ^c  

^a Jusendo General Hospital   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Burst fracture; Lumbar spine; Surface strain; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FRACTURES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033564355     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199906150-00005     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Cain JE Jr, Dejong JT, Dinenberg AS, Stefko RM, Platenburg RC, Lauerman WC. Pathomechanical analysis of thoracolumbar burst fracture reduction: A calf spine model. Spine 1993;18:1647-54.
2. Cotterill PC, Kostuik JP, Wilson GR. Production of a reproducible spinal burst fracture for use in biomechanical testing. J Orthop Res 1987;5:462-5.
3. Denis F. The three column spine and its significance in the classification of acute thoracolumbar spinal injuries. Spine 1983;8:817-31.
4. Denis F. Spinal instability defined by the three-column spine concept in acute spinal trauma. Clin Orthop 1984;189:65-76.
5. Ferguson RL, Allen BL. A mechanistic classification of thoracolumbar spine fractures. Clin Orthop 1984;189:77-88.
6. Fredrickson BE, Mann KA, Yuan HA, Lubicky JP. Reduction of the intracanal fragment in experimental burst fractures. Spine 1988;13:267-71.
7. Fredrickson BE, Edwards WT, Rauschning W. Vertebral burst fractures. An experimental, morphologic, and radiographic study. Spine 1992;17:1012-21.
8. Hasegawa K, Takahashi H, Koga Y, et al. Failure characteristics of osteoporotic vertebral bodies monitored by acoustic emission. Spine 1993;18:2314-20.
9. Heggeness MH. The trabecular anatomy of thoracolumbar vertebrae: Implications for burst fractures. J Anat 1997;191:309-12.
10. James KS, Wenger KH, Schlegel JD, Dunn HK. Biomechanical evaluation of the stability of thoracolumbar burst fractures. Spine 1994;15:1731-40.
11. Keene JS. Radiographic evaluation of thoracolumbar fractures. Clin Orthop 1984;189:58-64.
12. Kitahara H. Morphological observations on trabecular microfractures in the lumbar vertebrae. J Jpn Orthop Assoc 1980;54:449-60.
13. Kurowski P, Kubo A. The relationship of degeneration of the intervertebral disc to mechanical loading conditions on lumbar vertebrae. Spine 1986;11:726-31.
14. Lin RM, Panjabi MM, Oxland TR. Functional radiographs of acute thoracolumbar burst fractures. A biomechanical study. Spine 1993;18:2431-7.
15. Lindahl S, Willen J, Nordwall A, Irstam L. The crush-cleavage fracture-A "new" thoracolumbar unstable fracture. Spine 1983;6:559-69.
16. Mizrahi J, Silva J, Keaveny TM, Edwards WT, Hayes WC. Finite-element stress analysis of the normal and osteoporotic lumbar vertebral body. Spine 1993;18:2088-96.
17. Panjabi MM, Oxland TR, Kifune M. Validity of the three-column theory of thoracolumbar fractures. A biomechanic investigation. Spine 1995;20:1122-27.
18. Panjabi MM, Oxland TR, Lin R-M, Mcgowen TW. Thoracolumbar burst fracture: A biomechanical investigation of its multidirectional flexibility. Spine 1994;19:578-85.
19. Roaf R. A study of the mechanics of spinal injuries. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 1960;42:810-23.
20. Shah JS, Coggins J, Rogers R. Surface strain distribution in isolated single lumbar vertebrae. Ann Rheum Dis 1976;35:51-5.
21. Shah JS, Hampson WGJ, Jayson MIV. The distribution of surface strain in the cadaveric lumbar spine. J Bone Joint Surg [Br] 1978;60:246-51.
22. Shirazi-Adl A, Ahmed AM, Shrivastava SC. Mechanical response of a lumbar motion segment in axial torque alone and combined with compression. Spine 1986;11:914-27.
23. Shirado O, Kaneda K, Tadano S, Ishikawa H, McAfee PC, Warden KE. Influence of disc degeneration on mechanism of thoracolumbar burst fractures. Spine 1992;17:286-92.
24. Shono Y, McAfee PC, Cunningham BW. Experimental study of thoracolumbar burst fractures. A radiographic and biomechanical analysis of anterior and posterior instrumentation systems. Spine 1994;19:1711-22.
25. Slosar PJ, Parwardhan AG, Lorenz M, Havey R, Sartori M. Instability of the lumbar burst fracture and limitations of transpedicular instrumentation. Spine 1995;13:1452-61.
26. Tanaka S, Watanabe E, Hara T, Hasegawa K, Takahasi E. The effects of formalin preservation on the mechanical and AE properties of bone (in Japanese). J Jpn Soc Clin Biomech Rel Res 1994;15:1-6.
27. Tran NT, Watson NA, Tencer AF, Ching RP, Anderson PA. Mechanism of burst fracture in the thoracolumbar spine. Spine 1995;20:1984-8.
28. Vernon-Roberts B, Pirie CJ. Healing trabecular microfractures in the bodies of lumbar vertebrae. Ann Rheum Dis 1973;32:406-12.
29. Willen J, Lindahl S, Irstam L, Aldman B, Nordwall A. The thoracolumbar crush fracture. An experimental study on instant axial dynamic loading: The resulting fracture type and its stability. Spine 1984;9:624-31.
30. Zou D, Yoo JU, Edwards WT, et al. Mechanics of anatomic reduction of thoracolumbar burst fractures. Comparison of distraction versus distraction plus lordosis, in the anatomic reduction of thoracolumbar burst fracture. Spine 1993; 18:195-203.