Stabilization of 2-column thoracolumbar fractures with orthoses: A cadaver model

Spine

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Rubery, Paul T ^a   Brown, Robert ^a   Prasarn, Mark ^b   Small, John ^c   Conrad, Bryan ^d   Horodyski, MaryBeth ^d   Rechtine, Glenn ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Burst fracture; Cadaver model; Spinal orthosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE BOWING; BRACE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FLEXOR REFLEX; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; ORTHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; ROTATION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE STABILIZATION; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE; VERTEBRA;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; ORTHOTIC DEVICES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINAL FRACTURES; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 84875053971     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3182804c73     Document Type: Article

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