Citation

Begeman PC, Visarius H, Nolte LP, Prasad P. Proc. Stapp Car Crash Conf. 1994; 38: 1-14.

Affiliation

Wayne State University

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Society of Automotive Engineers SAE)

DOI

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Abstract

Tests were performed on functional lumbar spinal units and a complete lumbar section in both the anterior and posterior directions due to sparsity of cadaver lumbar shear stiffness data. For comparison, similar tests were done on the Hybrid III lumbar spine. The Hybrid III spine elicited higher initial stiffness than cadaver specimens, but was comparable at shear loads greater than 500 N. It also had considerably greater hysteresis than Cadaver specimens.