Abstract: To date, studies that have investigated the kinematics of spinal motion segments have largely focused on the contributions that the spinal ligaments play in the resultant motion patterns. However, ...

Abstract: With motion-sparing disk replacement implants gaining popularity as an alternative to anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) for the treatment of certain spinal degenerative disorders, ...

Abstract: Using a continuum approach for modeling the constitutive mechanical behavior of the intervertebral disk’s annulus fibrosus holds the potential for facilitating the correlation of morphology and ...