Strength of the cervical spine in compression and bending

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1612-1620

  Przybyla, Andrzej S ^a   Skrzypiec, Daniel ^a   Pollintine, Phillip ^a   Dolan, Patricia ^a   Adams, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bending; Cervical spine; Compression; In vitro; Strength

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONE STRENGTH; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 34447331687     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318074c40b     Document Type: Article

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