The importance of the posterior osteoligamentous complex to subaxial cervical spine stability in relation to a unilateral facet injury

Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 590-595

  Rasoulinejad, Parham ^a   McLachlin, Stewart D ^a   Bailey, Stewart I ^a,b   Gurr, Kevin R ^a,b   Bailey, Christopher S ^a,b   Dunning, Cynthia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cervical spine; Instability; Posterior osteoligamentous complex; Range of motion; Spine biomechanics

Indexed keywords

BONE CEMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL SPINE; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FLEXION DISTRACTION INJURY STAGE 1; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR ARTICULAR PROCESS; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT STABILITY; KIRSCHNER WIRE; LIGAMENT; MEDICAL DEVICE; OPTICAL TRACKING SYSTEM; POSTERIOR LIGAMENTOUS COMPLEX DISRUPTION; POSTERIOR OSTEOLIGAMENTOUS COMPLEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SIMULATOR; SPINE SURGERY; SUBAXIAL CERVICAL SPINE STABILITY; TENDON RUPTURE; UNILATERAL CAPSULAR DISRUPTION; UNILATERAL FACET INJURY;

AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84866084021     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.07.003     Document Type: Article

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