Determination of load transmission and contact force at facet joints of L2-L3 motion segment using FE method

Journal of Musculoskeletal Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 97-109

  Teo, E C ^a   Lee, K K ^a   Ng, H W ^a   Qiu, T X ^a   Yang, K ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Digitizer; Facets; FEM; Lumbar motion segment; Osteoarthritics

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORMITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FORCE; FRICTION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT FUNCTION; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPINE DISEASE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 0347513462     PISSN: 02189577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218957703001034     Document Type: Article

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