Development of a 4-axis load cell used for lumbar interbody load measurements

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 846-851

  Demetropoulos, Constantine K ^a   Morgan, Craig R ^b   Sengupta, Dilip K ^c   Herkowitz, Harry N ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b RA Denton Inc   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Instrumentation; Intervertebral; Load cell; Lumbar

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; COMPRESSIVE LOADS; ECCENTRIC LOADS; FLEXION-EXTENSION; FOUR-CHANNEL; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERBODY FUSION CAGES; INTERVERTEBRAL; LATERAL BENDING; LATERAL SHEAR; LOAD CELL; LOAD CELLS; LOAD MEASUREMENTS; LOAD SENSING; LUMBAR; LUMBAR INTERBODY FUSION; MULTI-AXIS;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANES; ERRORS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INSTRUMENTS; MEASUREMENTS;

LOAD TESTING;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTERIOR POSTERIOR AXIS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE PROSTHESIS; CALIBRATION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIMULATION; SPINE FUSION;

BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SPINAL FUSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 68349105797     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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