Interspinous process implants are increasingly used to treat canal stenoses. Little information exists about the effects of implant height and stiffness on the biomechanical behavior of the lumbar spine...
Keywords: Lumbar spine, finite element method, interspinous implant, biomechanics, Lendenwirbelsule, Finite-Element-Methode, Wirbelsulenimplantat, Biomechanik
10/2005 | Biomedizinische Technik, Walter de Gruyter