Structural features and thickness of the vertebral cortex in the thoracolumbar spine

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 218-225

  Thomas Edwards, W ^a   Zheng, Yinggang ^a   Ferrara, Lisa A ^a   Yuan, Hansen A ^a  

^a SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Bone strength; Cortex thickness; Endplate structure; Lumbar spine; Thoracic spine; Vertebral body

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE ENDING; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; THICKNESS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 0035863478     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200101150-00019     Document Type: Article

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