Stabilizing effect of the rib cage on adjacent segment motion following thoracolumbar posterior fixation of the human thoracic cadaveric spine: A biomechanical study.
Clinical Biomechanics（2019）
Abstract
•Motion was captured following T4–L2 instrumentation, with and without the rib cage.•Contribution of the rib cage on segmental motion following instrumentation is limited.•Removal of rib cage significantly affected adjacent and supra-adjacent level motion.•Studies without the rib cage may overestimate adjacent level effect of long constructs.
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Key words
Thoracic spine,Biomechanics,Rib cage,Posterior instrumentation,Adjacent segment motion
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