Ex vivo and in vitro determination of the axial rotational axis of the human thoracic spine

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 26, 2006, Pages

  Molnár, Szabolcs ^a   Manó, Sándor ^b   Kiss, László ^b   Csernátony, Zoltán ^b  

^a Polyclinic of the Hospitaller Brothers of St John of God in Budapest ^*  (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Rotational axis; Scoliosis; Thoracic spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LITERATURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOLIOSIS; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROTATION; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33845750586     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000250183.97746.51     Document Type: Article

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