Biomechanics of Interspinous Devices
Author(s) -
Paolo Domenico Parchi,
Gisberto Evangelisti,
Antonella Vertuccio,
Nicola Piolanti,
Lorenzo Andreani,
Valentina Cervi,
Christian Giannetti,
Giuseppe Calvosa,
Michele Lisanti
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
biomed research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 2314-6141
pISSN - 2314-6133
DOI - 10.1155/2014/839325
Subject(s) - biomechanics , computer science , lumbar spine , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , biomedical engineering , surgery , anatomy
A number of interspinous devices (ISD) have been introduced in the lumbar spine implant market. Unfortunately, the use of these devices often is not associated with real comprehension of their biomechanical role. The aim of this paper is to review the biomechanical studies about interspinous devices available in the literature to allow the reader a better comprehension of the effects of these devices on the treated segment and on the adjacent segments of the spine. For this reason, our analysis will be limited to the interspinous devices that have biomechanical studies published in the literature.
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