Biomechanical in vitro evaluation of the complete porcine spine in comparison with data of the human spine

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1859-1868

  Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a   Geppert, Jürgen ^a   Kienle, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Animal model; Biomechanics; Porcine; Range of motion; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALF (BOVINE); CERVICAL SPINE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IN VITRO STUDY; LUMBAR SPINE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; SHEEP; SPINE; SWINE; THORACIC SPINE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINE; SWINE;

EID: 84855197631     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-1822-6     Document Type: Article

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