Biomechanical implications of lumbar spinal ligament transection

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 1685-1695

  Von Forell, Gregory A ^a   Bowden, Anton E ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

finite element; ligament; lumbar; spine; transection

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS; ENGINEERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LIGAMENTS;

BIOMECHANICAL CHANGES; BONE REMODELLING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LUMBAR; MOTION SEGMENTS; SPINE; STRESS TRANSFER; TRANSECTION;

BIOMECHANICS;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LUMBAR SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SIMULATION; SPINE MOBILITY; WEIGHT BEARING; AGED; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; SPINE; SURGERY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; BONE REMODELING; CADAVER; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LIGAMENTS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MOTION; MOVEMENT; PRESSURE; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84901676162     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2013.763936     Document Type: Article

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