Biomechanical assessment of the pediatric cervical spine under bending and tensile loading

Spine

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2005, Pages

  Ouyang, Jun ^a   Zhu, Qingan ^a   Zhao, Weidong ^a   Xu, Yongqing ^b   Chen, Weisheng ^c   Zhong, Shizhen ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c FUZHOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cervical spine; Flexion extension bending; Pediatric; Tensile distraction loading; Trauma

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE MOBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SPINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 29444443376     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000192280.53831.70     Document Type: Article

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