Instantaneous center of rotation behavior of the lumbar spine with ligament failure

Alapan Y. , DEMİR C. , Kaner T., GÜÇLÜ R. , Inceoglu S.

JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE, vol.18, no.6, pp.617-626, 2013 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 18 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.3171/2013.3.spine12923
  • Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF NEUROSURGERY-SPINE
  • Page Numbers: pp.617-626
  • Keywords: lumbar spine, ligament failure, finite element, instantaneous center of rotation, FINITE-ELEMENT MODEL, INTERVERTEBRAL JOINT, MECHANICAL-BEHAVIOR, ARTIFICIAL DISC, MOTION SEGMENT, IN-VITRO, BIOMECHANICS, ADJACENT, FLEXION, FACETECTOMY

Abstract

Object. The goal of this study was to investigate the effect of ligament failure on the instantaneous center of rotation (ICR) in the lower lumbar spine.