Effects of combined motions on the posterior ligaments of the lumbar spine

JNMS - Journal of the Neuromusculoskeletal System

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 150-156

  Gudavalli, M R ^a,b   Triano, J J ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b TEXAS BACK INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined motions; Computer modeling; Ligament loads; Ligament stretches; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042916722     PISSN: 10678239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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