Relative strength of thoracic vertebrae in axial compression versus flexion

Spine Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 478-485

  Buckley, Jenni M ^a,b   Kuo, Calvin C ^a   Cheng, Liu C ^a,b   Loo, Kenneth ^b   Motherway, Julie ^b   Slyfield, Craig ^b   Deviren, Vedat ^a,b   Ames, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flexion; Fracture; Osteoporosis; Quantitative computed tomography; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

AGED; AXIAL COMPRESSION; AXIAL FLEXION; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE STRENGTH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; RISK; VERTEBRA; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSTEOPOROSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 67349186241     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2009.02.010     Document Type: Review

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