Biomechanics of cervical facet dislocation

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 606-611

  Ivancic, Paul C ^a   Pearson, Adam M ^b   Tominaga, Yasuhiro ^c   Simpson, Andrew K ^d   Yue, James J ^a   Panjabi, Manohar M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilateral facet dislocation; Cervical spine; Facet joint; Injury mechanism; Neck loads

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; DISLOCATION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WEIGHT BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DISLOCATIONS; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 57349194667     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389580802344804     Document Type: Article

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