Tension and combined tension-extension structural response and tolerance properties of the human male ligamentous cervical spine

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Dibb, Alan T ^a   Nightingale, Roger W ^a   Luck, Jason F ^a   Carol Chancey, V ^a   Fronheiser, Lucy E ^a   Myers, Barry S ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Beam theory; Cervical spine; Extension; Failure; Stiffness; Strength; Tension; Tolerance

Indexed keywords

BEAM THEORIES; CERVICAL SPINE; EXTENSION; FAILURE; STRENGTH; TENSION; TOLERANCE;

LOADING; ROTATION; STIFFNESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE STRESS; TENSILE TESTING;

LOADS (FORCES);

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL SPINE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL STIFFNESS; OCCIPITAL BONE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD MOVEMENT; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LIGAMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STIMULATION; TORQUE;

AGED; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORQUE;

EID: 70349776523     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3127257     Document Type: Article

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