Biomechanical study of adjacent intervertebral motion after lumbar spinal fusion and flexible stabilization using polyethylene-terephthalate bands

Journal of Spinal Disorders and Techniques

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 215-219

  Nohara, Hirokazu ^a,b   Kanaya, Fuminori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjacent intervertebral motion; Biomechanical study; Flexible stabilization; Range of motion ratio

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; CADAVER; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE FUSION; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; LIGAMENT; PEDICLE SCREW; RANGE OF MOTION;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 2942612123     PISSN: 15360652     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00024720-200406000-00008     Document Type: Article

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