Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1063-1068 , November 2009

Surgical instrumentation for the in vivo determination of human lumbar spinal segment stiffness and viscoelasticity

  • Sveva Ambrosetti-Giudici

      Affiliations

    • Bern University of Applied Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Quellgasse 21, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland
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  • Alois Pfenniger

      Affiliations

    • Bern University of Applied Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Quellgasse 21, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland
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  • Michael H. Krenn

      Affiliations

    • Department for Spine Surgery PMU, Salzburg, Austria
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  • Wolfgang P. Piotrowski

      Affiliations

    • Department for Spine Surgery PMU, Salzburg, Austria
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  • Stephen J. Ferguson

      Affiliations

    • Institute for Surgical Technology and Biomechanics, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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  • Juergen Burger

      Affiliations

    • Bern University of Applied Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Quellgasse 21, CH-2501 Biel, Switzerland

Received 29 January 2009 ,Revised 2 July 2009 ,Accepted 3 July 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00146-5

doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.07.002

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 9 , Pages 1063-1068 , November 2009

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