A robotic testing facility for the measurement of the mechanics of spinal joints

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-227

  de Visser, H ^a   Rowe, C ^a   Pearcy, M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dynamic testing; Intervertebral disc; Lesions; Robotic testing facility

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); METHOD OF MOMENTS; ROBOTICS; STIFFNESS;

DYNAMIC TESTING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LESIONS; ROBOTIC TESTING FACILITY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INJURY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SHEEP; SPINE INJURY; STIMULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROBOTICS; SHEEP; SPINAL INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34247623144     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM175     Document Type: Article

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