Three-dimensional nonlinear finite element model of the human lumbar spine segment

Acta of Bioengineering and Biomechanics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 17-27

  Łodygowski, Tomasz ^a   Ka̧kol, Witold ^a   Wierszycki, Marcin ^a   Ogurkowska, Małgorzata B ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Lumbar spine; Nonlinear FEA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VERTEBRA;

EID: 33846339353     PISSN: 1509409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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