Effects of endplate removal on the structural properties of the lower lumbar vertebral bodies

Spine

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 771-777

  Oxland, Thomas R ^a,b   Grant, J Pamela ^a   Dvorak, Marcel F ^a   Fisher, Charles G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Compressive strength; Endplate; Endplate removal; Indentation; Lumbar spine; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; VERTEBRA BODY; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0037446967     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200304150-00008     Document Type: Article

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