Sagittal plane motion in the human lumbar spine: Comparison of the in vitro quasistatic neutral zone and dynamic motion parameters

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 914-919

  Gay, Ralph E ^a   Ilharreborde, Brice ^a   Zhao, Kristin ^a   Zhao, Chunfeng ^a   An, Kai Nan ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Joint instability; Lumbar intervertebral disk; Lumbar vertebrae; Methods; Neutral zone; Spine

Indexed keywords

JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISKS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEUTRAL ZONE; SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MOTION PLANNING;

BONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STABILITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE MOBILITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 33748685222     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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