Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 595-603 , July 2010

Influence of surgical treatment for disc degeneration disease at C5–C6 on changes in some biomechanical parameters of the cervical spine

Received 29 July 2009 ,Revised 10 February 2010 ,Accepted 10 February 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.02.009

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 32, Issue 6 , Pages 595-603 , July 2010

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