Abstract: The present paper examines the role of theoretical kinematics of rigid body motion in solving some of the basic research problems in the study of intervertebral motion in human spine. The ...

Abstract: The paper presents the kinematic analysis of motion segments of ten, human-lumbar spines. In order to achieve this objective, a spine fixture and a linkage transducer were designed. The spine ...

Abstract: Based on the earlier work by the author on the development of a theoretical motion simulation model of an open-loop, kinematic chain, the present paper examines the motion characteristics of ...