Biomechanics of vertebral compression fractures and clinical application

Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1703-1710

  Adams, Michael A ^a   Dolan, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Osteoporosis; Vertebral compression fracture

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; COMPRESSION FRACTURE; FATIGUE FAILURE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; NEURAL ARCH; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS VERTEBROPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; SPINE LIGAMENT; SPINE SURGERY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA BODY; VERTEBRA ENDPLATE; VERTEBRA FRACTURE; VERTEBRA MALFORMATION; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

BIOMECHANICS; FRACTURES, COMPRESSION; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; SPINAL FRACTURES; SPINE;

EID: 83655201439     PISSN: 09368051     EISSN: 14343916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00402-011-1355-9     Document Type: Article

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