Lumbar facet joint and intervertebral disc loading during simulated pelvic obliquity

Spine Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1581-1589

  Popovich Jr , John M ^a,b   Welcher, Judson B ^b,c   Hedman, Thomas P ^d   Tawackoli, Wafa ^b   Anand, Neel ^b   Chen, Thomas C ^e   Kulig, Kornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Southern California   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Disc pressure; Facet joint; Pelvic obliquity; Spinopelvic alignment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; JOINT; KINEMATICS; LOADING TEST; LUMBAR FACET JOINT; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBOSACRAL SPINE; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SACRUM; SIMULATION; SPINE MOBILITY; TILTING; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; DISC PRESSURE; FACET JOINT; PELVIC OBLIQUITY; SPINOPELVIC ALIGNMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; WEIGHT-BEARING; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84889092445     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2013.04.011     Document Type: Article

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