Optimal stiffness of a pedicle-screw-based motion preservation implant for the lumbar spine

European Spine Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 666-673

  Rohlmann, Antonius ^a   Zander, Thomas ^a   Bergmann, Georg ^a   Boustani, Hadi N ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Dynamic implant; Finite element method; Optimization; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCELLOUS BONE; CORTICAL BONE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PEDICLE SCREW; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; STANDING; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; BONE NAILS; BONE SCREWS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FUSION;

EID: 84862864427     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-011-2047-4     Document Type: Article

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