Effect of a posterior dynamic implant adjacent to a rigid spinal fixator

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 767-774

  Zander, Thomas ^a   Rohlmann, Antonius ^a   Burra, Nagananda K ^a   Bergmann, Georg ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dynamic implants; Finite element analyses; Internal spinal fixators; Lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC IMPLANTS; INTERNAL SPINAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FUNCTIONS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

ARTICLE; BONE GRAFT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; ORTHOSIS; POSTERIOR DYNAMIC IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGID SPINAL FIXATOR; SPINE STABILIZATION; WALKING;

BACK; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 33746863373     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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