In vitro flexibility of an experimental pedicle screw and plate instrumentation system on the porcine lumbar spine

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 461-468

  Lysack, John T ^a   Yen, David ^a   Dumas, Genevieve A ^a  

^a KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Flexibility testing; Lumbar spine; Porcine animal model; Pure moments; Spinal fusion; Spinal instrumentation; Spine

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATE; BONE SCREW; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMPLANT; INSTRUMENTATION; LUMBAR SPINE; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PLATES; BONE SCREWS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; SWINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034491980     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(00)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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