Biomechanics of the cervical spine. I: Normal kinematics

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 633-648

  Bogduk, Nikolai ^a   Mercer, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Biomechanics; Cervical spine; Movements

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ATLANTOAXIAL JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; NERVE COMPRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; VERTEBRA BODY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ATLANTO-AXIAL JOINT; ATLANTO-OCCIPITAL JOINT; AXIS; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; NECK; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; ROTATION;

EID: 0033855460     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(00)00034-6     Document Type: Review

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