Evaluation of effects of selected factors on inter-vertebral fusion - A simulation study

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 197-207

  Wang, Xiaobo ^a,b   Dumas, Geneviève A ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive remodeling; Bone density distribution; Computer simulation; Device graft subsidence; Disc degeneration; Factorial design of experiment; Finite element analysis; Inter vertebral fusion; Spine; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STIFFNESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

BONE DENSITY DISTRIBUTION; INTER-VERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; STRUCTURAL STIFFNESS; VERTEBRAL ENDPLATES;

BONE;

ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINE FUSION; WEIGHT BEARING;

BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FUSION; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TENSILE STRENGTH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444263397     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2004.10.010     Document Type: Article

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