Quantification of increase in three-dimensional spine flexibility following sequential ponte osteotomies in a cadaveric model

Spine Deformity

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 171-178

  Sangiorgio, Sophia N ^a   Borkowski, Sean L ^a,b   Bowen, Richard E ^c   Scaduto, Anthony A ^c   Frost, Nathan L ^a,c   Ebramzadeh, Edward ^a  

^a Santa Monica UCLA Medical Center   (United States)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Cadaver model; Deformity correction; Scoliosis; Sequential destabilization; Spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KYPHOSIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MONITORING; MOTION; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; ORTHOPEDIC DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE; OSTEOTOMY; PONTE OSTEOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; THORACIC SPINE; VERTEBRA;

EID: 84901760814     PISSN: 2212134X     EISSN: 22121358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jspd.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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