Study of load-deformation distribution in normal and implanted lumbar motion segment

• Main Author: Chia, Emileen Siok Chen.
• Other Authors: Teo, Ee Chon
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Bioengineering
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5614
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

There is little information about the influence of bone graft elasticity on the mechanical behavior of a L2-L4 motion segment implanted with both interbody implant (spacer) and posterior instrumentation (pedicle screws and rods). IN this study, intersegmental motion and stress level induced at space...