Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 11-17 , January 1998

Critical load of the human cervical spine: an in vitro experimental study

  • Manohar M Panjabi

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence and reprint requests to: Professor Manohar M. Panjabi, Professor & Director Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Yale University School of Medicine, PO Box 208071, New Haven, CT 06510, USA.
    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Jacek Cholewicki

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Kimio Nibu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan
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  • Jonathan Grauer

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Lawrence B Babat

      Affiliations

    • Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
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  • Jiri Dvorak

      Affiliations

    • Schulthess Klinik, Zurich, Switzerland

,Accepted 29 August 1997.

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Clinical Biomechanics
Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 11-17 , January 1998

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