Citation

Oxland TR. Unfallchirurg 2015; 118(Suppl 1): 80-92.

Vernacular Title

Historisches zur Biomechanik der Wirbelsäule : Fortschritte des 20. Jahrhunderts im Fokus.

Affiliation

International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Room 5460-818 West 10th Ave., V5Z 1M9, Vancouver, BC, Canada. toxland@icord.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00113-015-0087-7

PMID

26526281

Abstract

The application of mechanical principles to problems of the spine dates to antiquity. Significant developments related to spinal anatomy and biomechanical behaviour made by Renaissance and post-Renaissance scholars through the end of the 19th century laid a strong foundation for the developments since that time. The objective of this article is to provide a historical overview of spine biomechanics with a focus on the developments in the 20th century. The topics of spine loading, spinal posture and stability, spinal kinematics, spinal injury, and surgical strategies were reviewed.

Language: en