Effect of bilateral facetectomy of thoracolumbar spine T11-L1 on spinal stability

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 363-370

  Qiu, Tian Xia ^a   Teo, Ee Chon ^a   Zhang, Qing Hang ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bilateral facetectomy; Finite element method; Range of motion; Spinal stability; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEUROSURGERY;

AXIAL ROTATION; BILATERAL FACETECTOMY; LATERAL BENDING; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINAL STABILITY; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

NEUROLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT LIMITATION; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; KINEMATICS; LOADING TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE STABILIZATION; SPINE SURGERY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL STENOSIS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 33745448651     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-006-0048-y     Document Type: Article

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