Slippage of a spinous process hook during flexion in a flexible fixation system for the lumbar spine

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 135-141

  Shepherd, D E T ^a   Leahy, J C ^a   Hukins, D W L ^a   Wardlaw, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible fixation; Lumbar spine; Slippage; Spinous process hook

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; VIDEO CAMERAS;

FLEXURAL DISPLACEMENTS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; VERTEBRA DISLOCATION; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 0034975639     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4533(01)00029-7     Document Type: Article

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