The effect of soft tissue properties on overall biomechanical response of a human lumbar motion segment: A preliminary finite element study

WIT Transactions on Biomedicine and Health

Volumn 12, Issue , 2007, Pages 93-102

  Cunningham, H ^a   Little, J P ^a   Pearcy, M J ^a   Adam, C J ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Ligaments; Lumbar spine; Spine biomechanics

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMAGE PROCESSING; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

HUMAN SPINAL MOTION SEGMENT; INTACT SEGMENT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; SOFT TISSUE;

TISSUE;

EID: 38949106630     PISSN: 17433525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2495/BIO070101     Document Type: Conference Paper

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