Stiffness properties of the human lumbar spine: A lumped parameter model

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 285-292

  Nicholson, Leslie ^a   Maher, Christopher ^a   Adams, Roger ^a   Phan Thien, Nhan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Measurements; Perception; Stiffness and tests; Viscosity

Indexed keywords

ELASTICITY; NEUROLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; VISCOSITY;

FORCE-DISPLACEMENT RESPONSES;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FORCE; HUMAN; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MACHINE; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIGIDITY; VISCOSITY;

ADULT; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STRESS, MECHANICAL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0035012587     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(00)00117-0     Document Type: Article

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