Biomechanics of the Spine: Basic Concepts, Spin, Galbusera, Wilke,#

Biomechanics of the SpineBasic Concepts, Spinal Disorders and Treatments\nAuthor(s): Fabio Galbusera, Hans-Joachim Wilke\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc, United States\nImprint: Academic Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780128128510, 978-0128128510\nSynopsis\nBiomechanics of the Spine encompasses the basics of spine biomechanics, spinal tissues, spinal disorders and treatment methods. Organized into four parts, the first chapters explore the functional anatomy of the spine, with special emphasis on aspects which are biomechanically relevant and quite often neglected in clinical literature. The second part describes the mechanics of the individual spinal tissues, along with commonly used testing set-ups and the constitutive models used to represent them in mathematical studies. The third part covers in detail the current methods which are used in spine research: experimental testing, numerical simulation and in vivo studies (imaging and motion analysis). The last.