Kinematic response of lumbar functional spinal units to axial torsion with and without superimposed compression and flexion/extension

European Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 560-566

  Haberl, Hannes ^a   Cripton, Peter A ^b,c   Orr, Tracy E ^b   Beutler, Thomas ^b   Frei, Hanspeter ^b   Lanksch, Wolfgang R ^a   Nolte, L P ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Facet joints; Helical axis; Instability; Kinematics; Lumbar torsion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FACET JOINT; HELICAL AXIS; HELICAL AXIS OF MOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; JOINT FUNCTION; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR TORSION; MECHANICAL STRESS; ORIENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE EXTENSION; SPINE FLEXION; SPINE FUSION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLOLISTHESIS; TORSION; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION; MOTION PICTURES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORSION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 7944219818     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-004-0720-6     Document Type: Article

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