Cyclic loads do not compromise functionality of the interspinous spacer or cause damage to the spinal segment: An in vitro analysis

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 289-302

  Goyal, Amanesh ^a   Goel, Vijay K ^a   Mehta, Ankit ^a   Dick, David ^a   Chinthakunta, Suresh Reddy ^a   Ferrara, Lisa ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b OrthoKinetic Technologies LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES;

BIOMECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; BIOMECHANICAL STUDIES; COMPLEX LOADING; COUPLED MOTIONS; DEVICE MIGRATION; IN-VITRO ANALYSIS; MOTION SEGMENTS; SPINAL SEGMENTS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLANT; IMPLANTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERSPINOUS SPACER; MALE; MOTION; PERFORMANCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; ROTATION; VERTEBRAL CANAL; WEIGHT BEARING;

EID: 77950829467     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v18.i4.30     Document Type: Article

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