An improved metric for quantifying the stiffnesses of intact human vertebrae

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

Volumn 223, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 537-543

  Buckley, J M ^a   Parmeshwar, R ^a   Deviren, V ^a   Ames, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanical testing; Spine; Stiffness; Vertebra

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL TESTING; BONE STIFFNESS; CALCULATION METHODS; COMPRESSIVE STIFFNESS; CURRENT TECHNIQUES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FORCE-DEFORMATION CURVES; HISTORICAL MEASUREMENTS; LOAD-DEFLECTION CURVE; LOAD-DISPLACEMENT RESPONSE; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; NON-LINEAR; SMALL STRAINS; SPINE; STANDARD METHOD; STIFFNESS MEASUREMENTS; STIFFNESS VALUES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; UNIAXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS; VERTEBRA; VERTEBROPLASTY; WINDOW METHODS; WINDOW TECHNIQUES; ACCURACY AND REPEATABILITIES; FORCE - DEFORMATION CURVES; UNI-AXIAL COMPRESSION TESTS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; COMPRESSION TESTING; DATA COMPRESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STIFFNESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

WINDOWS; STIFFNESS;

AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRA; YOUNG MODULUS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 67650700552     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM524     Document Type: Article

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