Can extra-articular strains be used to measure facet contact forces in the lumbar spine? An in-vitro biomechanical study

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

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-184

  Zhu, Q A ^a   Park, Y B ^b   Sjovold, S G ^a   Niosi, C A ^a   Wilson, D C ^a   Cripton, P A ^a   Oxland, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Contact force; Facet joint; Lumbar spine; Strain

Indexed keywords

BENDING MOMENTS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PRESSURE SENSORS; STRAIN; BIOMECHANICS; MATERIALS TESTING; ROTATION; TISSUE;

EXTRA-ARTICULAR STRAIN; LUMBAR SPINE;

BIOMECHANICS; STRAIN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WEIGHT BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ACCURACY AND REPEATABILITIES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; CONTACT FORCES; FACET JOINTS; LUMBAR SPINES; MATERIALS TESTING SYSTEMS; NON- INVASIVE MEASUREMENTS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLEXIBILITY;

EID: 42649083022     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM290     Document Type: Article

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