Measurement of a spinal motion segment stiffness matrix

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 517-521

  Stokes, Ian A ^a   Gardner Morse, Mack ^a   Churchill, David ^a   Laible, Jeffrey P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Joint mechanics; Motion segment; Spine; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

BONE; ELASTICITY; FORCE MEASUREMENT; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; PHYSIOLOGY; STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL LOADS;

SPINAL MOTION SEGMENT STIFFNESS MATRIX;

BIOMECHANICS;

ISOTONIC SOLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FORCE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROTATION; SPINE; SWINE; WEIGHT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ISOTONIC SOLUTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; ROTATION; SPINE; SWINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0036208444     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(01)00221-4     Document Type: Article

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