A continuous pure moment loading apparatus for biomechanical testing of multi-segment spine specimens

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 765-770

  Lysack, John T ^a   Dickey, James P ^b   Dumas, Genevieve A ^c   Yen, David ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Continuous loads; Flexibility testing; Loading apparatus; Pure moments; Spine

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); CYCLIC LOADS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LOAD TESTING; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHOTOGRAMMETRY;

FLEXIBILITY TESTING; PURE MOMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HYSTERESIS; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INFRARED RAYS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOVEMENT; OPTICS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PLIABILITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034019608     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(00)00021-X     Document Type: Article

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