Transverse connectors: Clinical objectives, biomechanical parameters involved in their achievement, and summary of current and needed in vitro tests

ASTM Special Technical Publication

Volumn , Issue 1431, 2002, Pages 191-208

  Carson, William L ^a   Asher, Marc A ^b   Boachie Adjei, Oheneba ^c   Akbarnia, Behrooz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO CENTER FOR SPINAL DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical parameters; Clinical objectives; In vitro tests; Spine implants; Transverse connectors

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); TORSION TESTING;

TRANSVERSE CONNECTORS;

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

EID: 0038543204     PISSN: 00660558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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