A biomechanical assessment of disc pressures in the lumbosacral spine in response to external unloading forces

Spine Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 548-553

  Ferrara, Lisa ^a   Triano, John J ^b   Sohn, Moon Jun ^a   Song, Edward ^c   Lee, Daniel D ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TEXAS BACK INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Disc pressure; Rehabilitation; Spine unloading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSOR; SURGICAL APPROACH; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; POSTURE; PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 24344438188     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2005.03.012     Document Type: Article

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