Biomechanical characteristics of different regions of the human spine: An in vitro study on multilevel spinal segments

Spine

Volumn 34, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 2858-2864

  Busscher, Iris ^a   Van Dieën, Jaap H ^b   Kingma, Idsart ^b   Van Der Veen, Albert J ^c   Verkerke, Gijsbertus J ^a,d   Veldhuizen, Albert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; In vitro; Motion segment; Neutral zone; Range of motion; Stiffness; Thoracolumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BODY MOVEMENT; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; SPINE; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; PLIABILITY; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINE; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 74249119673     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181b4c75d     Document Type: Article

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