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Quantifying intervertebral disc mechanics: a new definition of the neutral zone

BACKGROUND: The neutral zone (NZ) is the range over which a spinal motion segment (SMS) moves with minimal resistance. Clear as this may seem, the various methods to quantify NZ described in the literature depend on rather arbitrary criteria. Here we present a stricter, more objective definition. ME...

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Autores principales: Smit, Theodoor H, van Tunen, Manon SLM, van der Veen, Albert J, Kingma, Idsart, van Dieën, Jaap H
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3041726/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21299900
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-38

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