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Biomechanical analyses of some instrumentations for stabilisation of dorso-lumbar spinal injuries

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Quantitative biomechanical analyses of approaches for the reduction and fixation of lumbardorsal injury are presented in this paper, entailing (i) classification of the types of injuries, (ii) analysis of the critical functional levels of forces exerted on the injured spinal structures and the stabilisation devices and (iii) the basis for the various modalities of injury reduction stabilisation modes, and for the use of conventional posteriorly attached compression or distraction devices, as well as anteriorly placed vertebral stabilisation-fixation device.

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  1. Departments of Medicine, Mechanical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, Station A, Box 2000, L8N 3Z5, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    D. N. Ghista

  2. Orthopaedic Section, Department of Surgery, Kansas University Medical Centre, 66103, Kansas City, Kansas

    R. R. Jacobs

  3. Western Orthopaedic Institute, 365 Terracina Boulevard, 92373, Redlands, California, USA

    S. Mahmoud Rezaian

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Ghista, D.N., Jacobs, R.R. & Rezaian, S.M. Biomechanical analyses of some instrumentations for stabilisation of dorso-lumbar spinal injuries. Med. Biol. Eng. Comput. 21, 494–502 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02442639

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