Segmental motion adjacent to an instrumented lumbar fusion: The effect of extension of fusion to the sacrum

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 2376-2381

  Untch, Christopher ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Hart, Robert ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment degeneration; Biomechanics; Fusion; Lumbar; Lumbosacral

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTACT ANGLE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MODEL; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACRUM; SIMULATION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREWS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; ROTATION; SACRUM; SPINAL FUSION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 14844358635     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000143667.55696.bd     Document Type: Article

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