In vitro evaluation of biomechanical effects of multiple hemilaminectomies on the canine lumbar vertebral column

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1139-1145

  Corse, Matthew R ^a   Renberg, Walter C ^a   Friis, E A ^b,c  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Orthopaedic Research Institute Incorporated   (United States)

^c University of Kansas   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HYPOCHONDROPLASIA; IN VITRO STUDY; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STIFFNESS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR SPINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; STRENGTH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; LAMINECTOMY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SPINAL DISEASES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0041381184     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2003.64.1139     Document Type: Article

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