Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 888-893 , November 2006

Axial cyclic behavior of the bone–screw interface

  • Serkan İnceoğlu

      Affiliations

    • Spine Research Laboratory, W31, The Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 216 445 2368; fax: +1 216 636 2749.
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  • Mike Ehlert

      Affiliations

    • Spine Research Laboratory, W31, The Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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  • Atilla Akbay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Robert F. McLain

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, The Cleveland Clinic Spine Institute, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA

Received 4 November 2005 ,Revised 2 December 2005 ,Accepted 29 December 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.12.009

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 28, Issue 9 , Pages 888-893 , November 2006