Abstract: A numerical simulation was devised to determine ligament strains, facet face interaction, and disk fiber strain in the lumbar intervertebral joint under load. This technique uses experimentally ...

Abstract: A numerical simulation of soft-tissue strain and facet face interaction in the lumbar intervertebral joint under load was performed. The results, compared with a previous experimental sectioning ...

Abstract: A general method is proposed for the testing of the structural properties of lumbar intervertebral joints. The apparatus designed includes a loading jig capable of applying any wrench resultant ...

Abstract: The in-vitro static load-displacement properties of the intact and the injured human lumber intervertebral joint have been investigated in a loading apparatus which allows entirely unconstrained ...

Abstract: Intramedullary rodding of femur fractures, although a safe and rapidly performed procedure, can result in several complications. If the rod fit is too loose, fracture instability, rod migration, ...

Abstract: A new technique has been devised for measuring the in situ tension in small ligaments. It is based on measuring the tension in an axially loaded flexible cable with pinned endpoints by ...

Abstract: Screws placed into cancellous bone in orthopedic surgical applications, such as fixation of fractures of the femoral neck or the lumbar spine, can be subjected to high loads. Screw pullout is ...