Effects of aging and spinal degeneration on mechanical properties of lumbar supraspinous and interspinous ligaments

Spine Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 95-100

  Iida, Takahiro ^a   Abumi, Kuniyoshi ^a,b   Kotani, Yoshihisa ^a   Kaneda, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age factors; Biomechanics; Lumbar spine; Posterior spinal ligament

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCULATION; CLAMP; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; JOINT DEGENERATION; JOINT FUNCTION; LIGAMENT; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL STRESS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIGIDITY; SPINE DISEASE; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037017475     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1529-9430(02)00142-0     Document Type: Article

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