Loads on a telemeterized vertebral body replacement measured in three patients within the first postoperative month

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-158

  Rohlmann, Antonius ^a   Graichen, Friedmar ^a   Bender, Alwina ^a   Kayser, Ralph ^a   Bergmann, Georg ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Load measurement; Spine; Telemetry; Vertebral body replacement

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURE FIXATION; PATIENT REHABILITATION; TELEMETERING;

LOAD MEASUREMENT; OSTEOPOROTIC VERTEBRAE; SPINE; VERTEBRAL BODY REPLACEMENT;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE STABILIZATION; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL FIXATORS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL DISEASES; SPINAL FUSION; TELEMETRY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 38649133200     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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