Open AccessBiomechanical properties of human thoracic spine disc segments
Author(s) -
Brian D. Stemper,
Derek Board,
Narayan Yoganandan,
Christopher E. Wolfla
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of craniovertebral junction and spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 23
eISSN - 0976-9285
pISSN - 0974-8237
DOI - 10.4103/0974-8237.65477
Subject(s) - ultimate tensile strength , compression (physics) , stiffness , medicine , tension (geology) , elastic modulus , modulus , composite material , compressive strength , young's modulus , anatomy , materials science
The objective was to determine the age-dependent compressive and tensile properties of female and male thoracic spine segments using postmortem human subjects (PMHS).