Load-sharing characteristics of stabilized lumbar spine segments

Spine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 170-179

  Cripton, Peter A ^a,c   Jain, Gautham M ^a   Wittenberg, Ralf H ^b   Nolte, Lutz P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; In vitro; Load sharing; Lumbar spine; Mechanical testing; Spinal instrumentation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; EXTERNAL FIXATOR; FIXATION FAILURE; FORCE; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE INJURY; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL RISK; TORSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034650806     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200001150-00006     Document Type: Article

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