Biomechanical effect of thoracic posterior vertebral elements on patterns of the loci of instantaneous axes of rotation in sagittal plane

Journal of Musculoskeletal Research

Volumn 7, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 191-200

  Teo, Ee Chon ^a   Qiu, Tian Xia ^a   Yang, Kai ^a   Ng, Hong Wan ^a   Lee, Kim Kheng ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Spinal kinematics; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CANCELLOUS BONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; KINEMATICS; LIGAMENTUM FLAVUM; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PREDICTION; ROTATION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY;

EID: 0345772090     PISSN: 02189577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/s0218957703001095     Document Type: Article

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