Effects of the rib cage on thoracic spine flexibility

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 361-365

  Sham, M L ^a   Zander, T ^a   Rohlmann, Antonius ^a   Bergmann, G ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Flexibility; Rib cage; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGAMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE;

FLEXIBILITY; RIB CAGE; THORACIC SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENT; MUSCLE FORCE; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SPINE MOBILITY; THORACIC SPINE; WEIGHT BEARING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RIB; VALIDATION STUDY; VERTEBRA; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RIBS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 33644811849     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BMT.2005.051     Document Type: Article

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