On the implications of interpreting the stability index: A spine example

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1147-1154

  Howarth, S J ^a   Allison, A E ^b   Grenier, S G ^a   Cholewicki, J ^c   McGill, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Applied Mathematician   (Canada)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hessian; Lumbar spine; Potential energy; Stability computation

Indexed keywords

BONE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HEALTH; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MUSCLE;

BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; SPINAL COLUMNS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION;

ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; METHODS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ROTATION; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 2942724182     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2003.12.038     Document Type: Article

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