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Abstract
A simple mathematical model is used to explore the influence of lordosis on the stress in the human spine. It is shown that flatter spines would tend to fail by flexion while spines with more lordosis would tend to fail by torsion.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 1277686
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Orthop Relat Res ISSN: 0009-921X Impact factor: 4.176