A continuous description of intervertebral motion by means of spline interpolation of kinematic data extracted by videofluoroscopy

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 634-641

  Bifulco, Paolo ^a   Cesarelli, Mario ^a   Cerciello, Tommaso ^a   Romano, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

In vivo lumbar fluoroscopy; Instantaneous center of rotation; Intervertebral kinematics; Range of motion; Smoothing spline interpolation

Indexed keywords

IN-VIVO; INSTANTANEOUS CENTER OF ROTATION; INTERVERTEBRAL KINEMATICS; RANGE OF MOTIONS; SMOOTHING SPLINE;

CONTINUOUS TIME SYSTEMS; CONTOUR MEASUREMENT; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; KINEMATICS; ROTATION; SPLINES; STANDARDS; TEMPLATE MATCHING; VIDEO RECORDING; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

INTERPOLATION;

ARTICLE; DATA EXTRACTION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KINEMATICS; LUMBAR SPINE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SPINE INSTABILITY; SPINE MOBILITY; VERTEBRA BODY; VIDEOFLUOROSCOPY;

FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MOVEMENT;

EID: 84856714746     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2011.12.022     Document Type: Article

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