The role of axial torque in disc herniation

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-9

  Marshall, Leigh W ^a   McGill, Stuart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axial torque; Disc herniation; Spine

Indexed keywords

AXIAL TORQUE; CERVICAL SPINE; COMBINED LOADING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES; FLEXION EXTENSION MOTION; FLEXION-EXTENSION; INJURY PATTERN; TESTING PROTOCOLS; X-RAY IMAGE;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL TESTING; RADIOGRAPHY; STEEL SHEET; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY APPARATUS;

DELAMINATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; TORQUE;

ANIMALS; ELASTIC MODULUS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SWINE; TORQUE;

EID: 71649099617     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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