Effects of dorsal versus ventral shear loads on the rotational stability of the thoracic spine: A biomechanical porcine and human cadaveric study

Spine

Volumn 32, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 2545-2550

  Kouwenhoven, Jan Willem M ^a   Smit, Theo H ^b   Van Der Veen, Albert J ^b   Kingma, Idsart ^c   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^c   Castelein, René M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dorsal shear loads; Idiopathic scoliosis; Normal spine; Rotational stability; Vertebral rotation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IDIOPATHIC SCOLIOSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THORACIC SPINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROTATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUS SCROFA; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TORQUE; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 35848954704     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e318158cd86     Document Type: Article

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