Load and displacement-controlled finite element analyses on fusion and non-fusion spinal implants

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

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-157

  Zhong, Z C ^a   Chen, S H ^b   Hung, C H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment effect; Artificial disc; Displacement controlled method; Finite element analysis; Fusion; Hybrid approach; Load controlled method

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT SEGMENT EFFECT; ARTIFICIAL DISC; DISPLACEMENT-CONTROLLED METHOD; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FUSION; HYBRID APPROACH; LOAD-CONTROLLED METHOD;

BIOMECHANICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); REFRIGERATORS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; SPINE FUSION; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL FUSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 63849220066     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM476     Document Type: Article

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