Mechanical response of the porcine cervical spine to acute and repetitive anterior-posterior shear

Approximately 80% of the population will experience low-back pain within their lifetime. Significant research efforts have focused on compressive loading as an injury mechanism that could lead to low-back pain and injury. However, the influence of shear loading, and its relationship to vertebral ti...

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Main Author: Howarth, Samuel
Language:en
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/5714