The effect of sagittal alignment on adjacent joint mobility after lumbar instrumentation - A biomechanical study of lumbar vertebrae in a porcine model

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 763-768

  Chen, Wen Jer ^a   Lai, Po Liang ^a   Tai, Ching Lung ^a   Chen, Lih Huei ^a   Niu, Chi Chien ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adjacent instability; Adjacent segment; Sagittal alignment; Spinal fusion

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTATIONS; LUMBAR; MOBILE SEGMENT; SAGITTAL ALIGNMENT;

ALIGNMENT; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; MECHANICAL TESTING; STABILIZATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BONE SCREW; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT MOBILITY; KYPHOSIS; LORDOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INTERNAL FIXATORS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 4444377573     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.05.010     Document Type: Article

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