Tensile Transmission Across the Lumbar Fasciae in Unembalmed Cadavers: Effects of Tension to Various Muscular Attachments

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 129-138

  Barker, Priscilla J ^a   Briggs, Christopher A ^a   Bogeski, Goce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lumbar fascia; Spinal stability; Strain; Tension; Transversus abdominis

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL WALL MUSCULATURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; FASCIA; FEMALE; GLUTEUS MAXIMUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LUMBAR FASCIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SKELETON TRACTION; SPINE INSTABILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRAIN GAUGE TRANSDUCER; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; DISSECTION; FASCIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 1642579714     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000107005.62513.32     Document Type: Article

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