Investigation of fixation screw pull-out strength on human spine

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 479-485

  Zhang, Q H ^a   Tan, S H ^a   Chou, S M ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Factorial analysis; Finite element modeling; Fixation screw; Pull out; Spine

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURGERY;

HUMAN SPINE; SURGICAL SCREWS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; BONE STRENGTH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MODEL; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SHEAR STRESS; SPINE; SPINE STABILIZATION; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 1442324443     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.09.005     Document Type: Article

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