Biomechanical effect of posterior elements and ligamentous tissues of lumbar spine on load sharing

Bio-Medical Materials and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 145-158

  Najarian, Siamak ^a   Dargahi, Javad ^b   Heidari, Behnam ^c  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Finite element analysis; Lumbar spine; Motion segment; Stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

CANCELLOUS CORE; LUMBAR SPINE; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; POSTERIOR ELEMENTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; POSTERIOR LONGITUDINAL LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SPINE INJURY; VERTEBRA; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; SOFTWARE; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 21044446831     PISSN: 09592989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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