Single and incremental trauma models: A biomechanical assessment of spinal instability

European Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 205-210

  Atlas, Orin K ^a   Dodds, Seth D ^a   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Incremental trauma; Instability; Lumbar spine; Subfailure injury

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; LUMBAR SPINE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SPINE INJURY; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; SWINE;

EID: 0038671825     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-002-0394-x     Document Type: Article

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