Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 391-401 , July 2002

Evaluation of axial and flexural stresses in the vertebral body cortex and trabecular bone in lordosis and two sagittal cervical translation configurations with an elliptical shell model

Received 16 April 2001

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doi: 10.1067/mmt.2002.126128

Journal of Manipulative and Physiological Therapeutics
Volume 25, Issue 6 , Pages 391-401 , July 2002

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