History of spine biomechanics: Part I - The pre-Greco-Roman, Greco-Roman, and medieval roots of spine biomechanics

Neurosurgery

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 382-390

  Naderi, Sait ^a   Andalkar, Niteen ^b   Benzel, Edward C ^b  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Greco Roman period; History; Medieval period; Pre Greco Roman period; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIST; SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS; GREEK WORLD; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; PHYSIOLOGY; PORTRAITS; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINE;

EID: 33846943643     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000249276.94933.8D     Document Type: Review

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