title: What Can Standard in Vitro Biomechanical Testing Tell Us about Adjacent Segment Disease?
authors.affiliation: Spinal Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA. Electronic address: Neuropub@dignityhealth.org.
authors.forename: Brian P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: Spinal Biomechanics Laboratory, Department of Neurosurgery, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
authors.forename: Nicholas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Theodore
mesh_terms: D001268:Atlanto-Axial Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D000013:Congenital Abnormalities / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology*; D013123:Spinal Fusion / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Atlantoaxial fixation; Atlantoaxial instability; Biomechanics; Cervical alignment; Cervical spine; Intradiscal pressure; Kinematics