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Effects of Dorsal Versus Ventral Shear Loads on the Rotational Stability of the Thoracic Spine

Jan-Willem M. Kouwenhoven, Theo H. Smit, Albert J. van der Veen, Idsart Kingma, Jaap H. van Dieën, René M. Castelein

Spine · 2007 · 83 citations · 57 references

Abstract

These data show that, in humans and in quadrupeds, the thoracic spine is less rotationally stable under dorsal shear loads than under ventral shear loads.

References

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Are Sheep Spines a Valid Biomechanical Model for Human Spines?

Hans‐Joachim Wilke, Annette Kettler, L. Claes · Spine · 1997 · 450 citations

Mechanical Response of a Lumbar Motion Segment in Axial Torque Alone and Combined with Compression

A. Shirazi‐Adl, A. M. Ahmed, S.C. Shrivastava · Spine · 1986 · 445 citations

Engineering, Intervertebral Disc, Lumbar Motion Segment +21

Thoracic Human Vertebrae Quantitative Three-Dimensional Anatomy

Manohar M. Panjabi, KOICHIRO TAKATA, Vijay K. Goel et al. · Spine · 1991 · 387 citations

Anatomical Model, Surgery, Thoracic Spine +16

The Mechanical Function of the Lumbar Apophyseal Joints

Michael A. Adams, William Hutton · Spine · 1983 · 367 citations

Mechanobiology, Lumbar Spine, Kinesiology +15

Anatomy of the sheep spine and its comparison to the human spine

Hans‐Joachim Wilke, Annette Kettler, Karl Wenger et al. · The Anatomical Record · 1997 · 365 citations · Full text