Biomechanical effect of different interspinous devices on lumbar spinal range of motion under preload conditions

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 917-926

  Hartmann, Frank ^a   Dietz, Sven Oliver ^a   Hely, Hans ^b   Rommens, Pol Maria ^a   Gercek, Erol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b RHEINMAIN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adjacent segment effect; Biomechanics; Interspinous device; Lumbar spine; Spinal stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CRYOPRESERVATION; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR SPINAL STENOSIS; LUMBAR SPINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STENOSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SPINAL FUSION; SPINAL STENOSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 80051673001     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-010-1235-8     Document Type: Article

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