Functional anatomy of the deer spine: An appropriate biomechanical model for the human spine?

Anatomical Record

Volumn 266, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 108-117

  Kumar, Naresh ^a,b   Kukreti, Sandeep ^b   Ishaque, Mushtaque ^b   Sengupta, Dilip K ^b   Mulholland, Robert C ^b  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dartec; Deer; Human; In vitro testing; Neutral zone; Range of motion; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERAL; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DATA BASE; DEER; DEVICE; DISEASE CARRIER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; JOINT FUNCTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRION DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE;

ANIMALS; BONE DENSITY; DEER; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; ELASTICITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TORSION;

BOVINAE; CERVIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0036468357     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.10041     Document Type: Article

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