A biomechanical analysis of an instrumented spinal fixator under torsional loads

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 865-876

  Alkalay, R N ^a,b   Sharpe, D ^a,c   Bader, D L ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Internal fixator; Spine; Theoretical model

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; BONE; HYSTERESIS; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STRAIN GAGES; TORQUE;

MOMENT DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FIXATOR; TORSIONAL LOADING; TRANSVERSE BARS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BRACE; HYSTERESIS; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; LOADING TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL FIXATOR; SPINE FUSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THEORETICAL MODEL; TORQUE;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TORQUE; TORSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 13844262703     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2004.04.029     Document Type: Article

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