A comparison of the shock-absorbing properties of cervical disc prosthesis bearing materials

Michael C. Dahl; Stephen Jacobsen; Newton Metcalf; Rick Sasso; Randal P. Ching

doi:10.1016/j.esas.2011.01.002

Article Information

vol. 5 no. 2 48-54

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esas.2011.01.002

Published By

International Journal of Spine Surgery

Online ISSN

2211-4599

History

Published online January 1, 2011.

© 2011 SAS - The International Society for the Advancement of Spine Surgery. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported License, permitting all non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

Michael C. Dahl, PhDa,
Stephen Jacobsen, MDb,*,
Newton Metcalf Jrc,
Rick Sasso, MDd and
Randal P. Ching, PhDe

^aDisc Dynamics Inc., Eden Prairie, MN
^bDepartment of Orthopedics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN
^cMedtronic Sofamor Danek, Memphis, TN
^dIndiana Spine Group, Indianapolis, IN
^eApplied Biomechanics Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

↵* Corresponding author: Stephen Jacobsen, MD, Department of Orthopedics, Indiana University School of Medicine, 541 Clinical Dr, Ste 600, Indianapolis, IN 46202; Tel: 317-274-3291; Fax: 317-274-3702. E-mail address: spjacobs{at}iupui.edu

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