Publications

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  1. Van Toen C, Carter JW, Oxland TR, Cripton PA.  Moment Measurements in Dynamic and Quasistatic Spine Segment Testing using Eccentric Compression are Susceptible to Artifacts Based on Loading Configuration.  J Biomech Eng. 2014 Oct 1. doi: 10.1115/1.4028817.
  2. Laing AC, Brenneman EC, Yung A, Liu J, Kozlowski P, Oxland T.  The Effects of Age on the Morphometry of the Cervical Spinal Cord and Spinal Column in Adult Rats: An MRI-Based Study.  Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2014 Jul 18. doi: 10.1002/ar.22995. [Epub ahead of print]
  3. Lam CJ, Assinck P, Liu J, Tetzlaff W, Oxland TR.  Impact depth and the interaction with impact speed affect the severity of contusion spinal cord injury in rats.  J Neurotrauma. 2014 Jun 19. [Epub ahead of print]
  4. Bhatnagar T, Liu J, Oxland TR.  Characterization of a novel, magnetic resonance imaging-compatible rodent model spinal cord injury device.  J Biomech Eng. 2014 Sep;136(9):095001. doi: 10.1115/1.4027670.
  5. Dressler D, Dennison CR, Cripton PA. Development of an advanced football helmet to provide increased protection against concussion. Mechanism of Concussion in Sports, STP 1552, Alan Ashare and Mariusz Ziejewski, Eds., pp. 1–18, doi:10.1520/STP155220120172, ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA 2014
  6. Newell RS, Siegmund GP, Blouin J-S, Street J, Cripton PA. Cervical Vertebral Realignment When Voluntarily Adopting a Protective Neck Posture: Spine. 2014. (epub ahead of print)
  7. Cripton PA, Dressler DM, Stuart CA, Dennison CR, Richards D. Bicycle helmets are highly effective at preventing head injury during head impact: Head-form accelerations and injury criteria for helmeted and unhelmeted impacts. Accident Analysis & Prevention. 2014;70:1–7.
  8. Helgason B, S Gilchrist, Ariza O, Chak JD, Zheng G, Widmer RP, Ferguson SJ, Guy P, Cripton PA. Development of a balanced experimental-computational approach to understanding the mechanics of proximal femur fractures. Med Eng Phys. 2014. (epub ahead of print)
  9. Shetye SS, Troyer KL, Streijger F, Lee JHT, Kwon BK, Cripton PA, Puttlitz CM. Nonlinear viscoelastic characterization of the porcine spinal cord. Acta Biomaterialia. 2014;10(2):792–797.
  10. Saari A, Dennison CR, Zhu Q, Nelson TS, Morley P, Oxland TR, Cripton PA, Itshayek E.  Compressive follower load influences cervical spine kinematics and kinetics during simulated head-first impact in an in vitro model.  J Biomech Eng. 2013 Nov;135(11):111003. doi: 10.1115/1.4024822.
  11. Sjovold SG, Mattucci SF, Choo AM, Liu J, Dvorak MF, Kwon BK, Tetzlaff W, Oxland TR.  Histological effects of residual compression sustained for 60 minutes at different depths in a novel rat spinal cord injury contusion model.  J Neurotrauma. 2013 Aug 1;30(15):1374-84. doi: 10.1089/neu.2013.2906. Epub 2013 Jul 17
  12. Van Toen C, Melnyk AD, Street J, Oxland TR, Cripton PA. The effect of lateral eccentricity on failure loads, kinematics, and canal occlusions of the cervical spine in axial loading. Journal of Biomechanics. 2013. (epub ahead of print). doi 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.12.001
  13. Cripton PA. Perspective: Protecting the neck. Nature. 2013;503(7475):S13.
  14. Gilchrist S, Guy P, Cripton PA. Development of an Inertia-Driven Model of Sideways Fall for Detailed Study of Femur Fracture Mechanics. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2013;135(12):121001–121001.
  15. Jones CF, Lee JHT, Burstyn U, Okon EB, Kwon BK, Cripton PA. Cerebrospinal Fluid Pressures Resulting From Experimental Traumatic Spinal Cord Injuries in a Pig Model. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2013;135(10):101005–101005.
  16. Namjoshi DR, Good C, Cheng WH, Panenka W, Richards D, Cripton PA, Wellington CL. Towards clinical management of traumatic brain injury: a review of models and mechanisms from a biomechanical perspective. Disease models & mechanisms. 2013;6(6):1325–1338.
  17. Newell RS, Blouin J-S, Street J, Cripton PA, Siegmund GP. Neck posture and muscle activity are different when upside down: A human volunteer study. Journal of Biomechanics. 2013;46(16):2837–2843.
  18. Saari A, Dennison CR, Zhu Q, Nelson TS, Morley P, Oxland TR, Cripton PA, Itshayek E. Compressive follower load influences cervical spine kinematics and kinetics during simulated head-first impact in an in vitro model. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering. 2013;135(11):111003.
  19. Teschke K, Harris MA, Reynolds CCO, Shen H, Cripton PA, Winters M. Exposure-based Traffic Crash Injury Rates by Mode of Travel in British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2013;104(1):e75–e79.
  20. Melnyk AD, Kingwell SP, Zhu Q, Chak JD, Cripton PA, Fisher CG, Dvorak MF, Oxland TR. An in vitro Model of Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. Spine 2013;(epub ahead of print April 3, 2013)
  21. Harris MA, Reynolds CCO, Winters M, Cripton PA, Shen H, Chipman ML, Cusimano MD, Babul S, Brubacher JR, Friedman SM, Hunte G, Monro M, Vernich L, Teschke K. Comparing the effects of infrastructure on bicycling injury at intersections and non-intersections using a case-crossover design. Injury Prevention 2013; (epub ahead of print February 14, 2013)
  22. Nishiyama KK, Gilchrist S, Guy P, Cripton PA, and Boyd SK, Proximal femur bone strength estimated by a computationally fast finite element analysis in a sideways fall configuration. Journal of Biomechanics 2013;46(7);1231-6.
  23. Lee JHT, Jones CF, Okona EB, Anderson L, Tigchelaara S, Koonera P, Godbey T, Chu B, Gray G, Hildebrandt R, Cripton PA, Tetzlaff W, Kwon BK, A Novel Porcine Model of Traumatic Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 2013;30(3):142-59.
  24. Zhu QA, Kingwell S, Li Z, Pan H, Lu WW, Oxland TR. Enhancing pedicle screw fixation in the aging spine with a novel bioactive bone cement: an in vitro biomechanical study.  Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012 Aug 1;37(17):E1030-7.
  25. Shahrokni M, Zhu Q, Liu J, Tetzlaff W, Oxland TR. Design and biomechanical evaluation of a rodent spinal fixation device. Spinal Cord. 2012 Jul;50(7):543-7
  26. Russell CM, Choo AM, Tetzlaff W, Chung TE, Oxland TR. Maximum Principal Strain Correlates with Spinal Cord Tissue Damage in Contusion and Dislocation Injuries in the Rat Cervical Spine. J Neurotrauma. 2012 May 20;29(8):1574-85.
  27. Pitzen T, Tan JS, Dvorak MF, Fisher C, Oxland T. Local autograft retrieval from a cervical vertebral body: biomechanical consequences. J Neurosurg Spine. 2012 Apr;16(4):340-4
  28. Ebacher V, Guy P, Oxland TR, Wang R. Sub-lamellar microcracking and roles of canaliculi in human cortical bone.  Acta Biomater. 2012 Mar;8(3):1093-100
  29. Dressler D, Richards D, Bates E, Van Toen C, Cripton PA, Head and Neck Injury Potential with and without Helmets during Head-First Impacts on Snow. Skiing Trauma and Safety, ASTM International STP 1553. 2012 (doi:10.1520/ STP104525)
  30. Teschke K, Harris MA, Reynolds CCO, Winters M, Babul S., Chipman M, Cusimano M, Brubacker J, Friedman SM, Hunte G, Munro M, Shen H, Vernich L, Cripton PA, Route Infrastructure and the risk of injuries to bicyclists: a case crossover study. American Journal of Public Health 2012;102(12):2336-43.
  31. Melnyk AD, Chak JD, Cripton PA, Dvorak MF & Oxland, TR Shear force measurements on low- and high-stiffness posterior fusion devices. Medical Engineering & Physics 2012;34(9):1260-7.
  32. Harris MA, Cripton PA, Teschke K. Retrospective assessment of occupational exposure to whole-body vibration for a case-control study. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene 2012;9(6):371–80.
  33. Jones CF, Kwon BK, Cripton PA. Mechanical indicators of injury severity are decreased with increased thecal sac dimension in a bench-top model of contusion type spinal cord injury. Journal of Biomechanics 2012;45(6):1003–10.
  34. Wilson DC, Connolly RJ, Zhu Q, Emery JL, Kingwell SP, Kitchel S, et al. An ex vivo biomechanical comparison of a novel vertebral compression fracture treatment system to kyphoplasty. Clinical Biomechanics (Bristol, Avon). 2012;27(4):346–53.
  35. Dennison CR, Macri EM, Cripton PA. Mechanisms of cervical spine injury in rugby union: is it premature to abandon hyperflexion as the main mechanism underpinning injury? British Journal of Sports Medicine 2012;46(8):545–9.
  36. Jones CF, Lee JHT, Kwon BK, Cripton PA. Development of a large-animal model to measure dynamic cerebrospinal fluid pressure during spinal cord injury: Laboratory investigation. Journal of Neurosurgery:Spine 2012;16(6):624–35.
  37. Zhu Q, Itshayek E, Jones CF, Schwab T, Larson CR, Lenke LG, et al. Kinematic evaluation of one- and two-level Maverick lumbar total disc replacement caudal to a long thoracolumbar spinal fusion. European Spine Journal 2012;21 Suppl 5:S599–611.
  38. Van Toen C, Street J, Oxland TR, Cripton PA. Acoustic emission signals can discriminate between compressive bone fractures and tensile ligament injuries in the spine during dynamic loading. Journal of Biomechanics 2012;45(9):1643–9.
  39. Jones CF, Cripton PA, Kwon BK. Gross morphological changes of the spinal cord immediately after surgical decompression in a large animal model of traumatic spinal cord injury. Spine. 2012;37(15):E890–899.
  40. Sjovold SG, Zhu Q, Bowden A, Larson CR, de Bakker PM, Villarraga ML, et al. Biomechanical evaluation of the Total Facet Arthroplasty System(®) (TFAS (®)): loading as compared to a rigid posterior instrumentation system. European Spine Journal 2012;21(8):1660–73.
  41. Jones CF, Newell RS, Lee JHT, Cripton PA, Kwon BK. The Pressure Distribution of Cerebrospinal Fluid Responds to Residual Compression and Decompression in an Animal Model of Acute Spinal Cord Injury. Spine 2012;37(23):E1422-31.
  42. Melnyk AD, Wen TL, Kingwell S, Chak JD, Singh V, Cripton PA, et al. Load transfer characteristics between posterior spinal implants and the lumbar spine under anterior shear loading: an in vitro investigation. Spine 2012;37(18):E1126–1133.
  43. Teschke K, Brubacher JR, Friedman SM, Cripton PA, Harris MA, Reynolds CC, et al. Personal and trip characteristics associated with safety equipment use by injured adult bicyclists: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2012;12(1):765.
  44. Van Toen C, Sran MM, Robinovitch SN, Cripton PA Transmission of Force in the Lumbosacral Spine During Backward Falls. Spine 2012;37(9):E519-27.
  45. Laing AC, Cox R, Tetzlaff W, Oxland T, Effects of advanced age on the morphometry and degenerative state of the cervical spine in a rat model. Anat Rec (Hoboken). 2011 Aug;294(8):1326-36. doi: 10.1002/ar.21436. Epub 2011 Jun 28.
  46. Saari A, Itshayek E, Cripton PA. Cervical spinal cord deformation during simulated head-first impact injuries. Journal of Biomechanics 2011;44:2565-2571.
  47. Harris MA, Reynolds CC, Winters M, Chipman M, Cripton PA, Cusimano MD, Teschke K. The Bicyclists’ Injuries and the Cycling Environment study: a protocol to tackle methodological issues facing studies of bicycling safety. Injury Prevention 2011;17(5):e6.
  48. Bourne D, Choo A, Regan W, MacIntyre D, Oxland TR, “The Placement of Skin Surface Markers for Non-Invasive Measurement of Scapular Kinematics Affects Accuracy and Reliability.” Ann Biomed Eng. 2011 Feb;39(2):777-85. Epub 2010 Oct 22
  49. Bailey CS, Sjovold SG, Dvorak MF, Fisher CG, Oxland TR.  The strength profile of the thoracolumbar endplate reflects the sagittal contours of the spine. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2011 Jan 15;36(2):124-8
  50. Park Y, Albert C, Yoon YS, Fernlund G, Frei H, Oxland TR. The effect of abductor muscle and anterior-posterior hip contact load simulation on the in-vitro primary stability of a cementless hip stem. J Orthop Surg Res. 2010 Jun 24;5:40.
  51. Albert C, Masri BA, Duncan CP, Oxland TR, Fernlund G. Influence of cement penetration and graft properties on stem micromotion in impaction allografting – A finite element study. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2010 Jan;25(1):43-9
  52. Nelson TS, Cripton PA. A new Biofidelic Sagittal Plane Surrogate Neck for Head-First Impacts. Traffic Injury Prevention 2010;11:309-319.
  53. Cameron ID, Robinovitch S, Birge S, Kannus P, Khan K, Lauritzen J, Howland J, Evans S, Minns J, Laing A, Cripton P, Derler S, Plant D, Kiel DP. Hip protectors: recommendations for conducting clinical trials-an international consensus statement (part II). Osteoporosis International 2010;21(1):1-10.
  54. Tadros AMA, Oxland TR, O’Brien P.  The Retroacetabular Angle Determines the Safe Angle for Screw Placement in Posterior Acetabular Fracture Fixation  (ISRN Orthopaedics)

 

  1. Steijger F, Lee JHT, Melnyk A, Chak JD, Anderson LM, Russell AK, Manoucheri N, Kwon BK, Cripton PA, Exposure to spinal resonance frequency following spinal cord injury and the effect on functional recovery. Military Health Systems Research Symposium, August 12-15, 2013, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.
  2. Stuart CA, Richards D, Dressler DM, Dennison CR, Cripton PA, Bicycle helmet efficacy with magnesium and hybrid III headforms. Ohio Injury Biomechanics Symposium, May 19-21, 2013, Columbus, OH, USA.
  3. Melnyk A, Chak JD, Singh V, Kelly A, Cripton PA, Fisher C, Dvorak M, Oxland TR, Biomechanical characterization of a novel low-stiffness posterior spinal implant under anterior shear loading in a degenerative spinal model. International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine, May 13-17, 2013 Phoenix, AZ, USA.
  4. Gilchrist S, Guy P, Cripton PA, Characterizing the stiffness change of the proximal femur between quasi-static and dynamic loading in a fall configuration, 19-21 May, 2013, Columbus, OH, USA
  5. Gustafson HM, Cripton PA. Digital Image Correlation Validation of Specimen-Specific Vertebrae Models, Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium, Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, April 3-7, 2013, Salt Lake City, USA.
  6. Cripton PA, Dressler D, Dennison CR, Development of an Advanced Football Helmet to Provide Increased Protection Against Concussion. ASTM Symposium on the Mechanism of Concussion in Sports, November 13, 2012, Atlanta, USA
  7. Dennsion CR, Saari A, Zhu Q, Nelson TS, Morley P, Itshayek E, Oxland TR, Cripton PA. Follower load influences the kinematics and kinetics of cervical spine buckling during simulated head first impact: an ex vivo study. Ohio Injury Biomechanics Symposium, May 13-15, 2012, Columbus, USA
  8. Chak JD, Dressler DM, Lee JHT, Okon EB, Kwon BK, Cripton PA. In vivo biological and biomechanical effects of simulated transportation vibration on spinal cord injured pigs. Military Health Research Symposium, August 13-16 2012, Fort Lauderdale, USA.
  9. Steiger F, Chak JD, Dressler DM, Lee JHT, Anderson LM, Okon EB, Russell AK, Cripton PA, Kwon BK, Biological effects of worst-case vibration frequency on spinal cord injured pigs. Society for Neuroscience, October 13-17, 2012, New Orleans USA
  10. Van Toen C, Oxland TR, Cripton PA, Moment Measurements In Spine Testing Are Susceptible To Artifacts Based On Configuration, Conference for the Canadian Society of Biomechanics, June 6-9, 2012, Burnaby, Canada.
  11. Gustafson HM, Cripton PA, Specimen-Specific Modelling Of Cervical Vertebrae In Axial Compression, Conference for the Canadian Society of Biomechanics, June 6-9, 2012, Burnaby, Canada.
  12. Dressler DM, Cripton PA, Development Of A PNT-Football Helmet To Reduce Neck Loads And Head Injury Metrics In Football, Conference for the Canadian Society of Biomechanics, June 6-9, 2012, Burnaby, Canada.
  13. Gilchrist S, Guy P, Cripton PA, Drop Tower Protocol With Advanced Pulse Shaping For Hip Fracture Simulation, Conference for the Canadian Society of Biomechanics, June 6-9, 2012, Burnaby, Canada.
  14. Van Toen C, Street J, Oxland TR, Cripton PA, Acoustic Emission Monitoring Of Compressive Bone Fractures And Tensile Ligament Injuries In the Spine, Conference for the Canadian Society of Biomechanics, June 6-9, 2012, Burnaby, Canada.
  15. Abouhossein A, Dennison CR, Dressler D, Cripton PA, Validation and Dynamic Responses of a 3-Dimensional Multibody Model of a Surrogate Neck and Head Under Compressive Follower Load and during axial impact, Conference for the Canadian Society of Biomechanics, June 6-9, 2012, Burnaby, Canada.
  16. Newell R, Siegmund G, Blouin JS, Street J, Cripton PA, Preparing for headfirst impact affects the muscle activity and posture of the neck, Conference for the Canadian Society of Biomechanics, June 6-9, 2012, Burnaby, Canada. (winner of the NDI young investigator award – PhD)
  17. Abouhossein A, Dennison CR, Dressler D, Cripton PA, Dynamic Responses of a 3-Dimensional Multibody Model of a Surrogate Neck and Head Under Compressive Follower Load and Variability of Impact Velocity and Angle of impact During Head-First Impact, European Society of Biomechanics, 2nd Meeting del Capitolo Italiano della European Society of Biomechanics. June 29, 2012, Rome, Italy.
  18. Lee JHT, Okon EB, Anderson LM, Tigchelaar S, Jones CF, Kooner P, Russell AK, Godbey T, Chua B, Gray G, Hildebrandt H, Tetzlaff W, Cripton PA, Kwon BK, Porcine model of acute spinal cord injury – Establishing a translational intermediary for SCI therapies, Society for Neuroscience. 12-16 Nov, 2011, Washington, DC.
  19. Chak JD, Dressler D, Lee JHT, Kwon BK, Cripton PA, Porcine Model of Acute Spinal Cord Injury: Determination of Worst-Case Vibration Frequencies, Society for Neuroscience. 12-16 Nov, 2011, Washington, DC.
  20. Gilchrist S, Guy P, Cripton P. Impact Testing of a Proximal Femur in a Fall Configuration, 7th Annual Ohio Injury Biomechanics Symposium. May, 22-24, 2011, Columbus, OH, USA.
  21. Newell R, Siegmund G, Blouin J, Street J, Cripton P. Neck posture and muscle activation: a human volunteer study comparing the effect of upright and inverted postures, 7th Annual Ohio Injury Biomechanics Symposium. May, 22-24, 2011, Columbus, OH, USA.
  22. Gilchrist S, Guy P, Cripton PA. Digital volume correlation of a rabbit vertebra under axial loading, 19th Annual Pre-ORS Symposium on Computational Methods in Orthopaedic Biomechanics. January, 12, 2011, Long Beach, CA, USA.
  23. Helgason B, Gilchrist S, Chak JD, Ferguson P, Guy P, Cripton, PA. Comparison of full field surface strain between FEM and DIC during impact loading of the proximal femur. 19th Annual Pre-ORS Symposium on Computational Methods in Orthopaedic Biomechanics. January 12, 2011, Long Beach, CA, USA.
  24. Harris MA, Reynolds CCO, Winters M, Chipman M, Cripton PA, Cusimano MD, Teschke K. Tackling methodological issues of studying bicycling safety: An Illustration Using the Bicyclists’ Injuries and the Cycling Environment (BICE) Study. Transportation Research Board, January 2011, Washington, D.C. USA.
  25. Cripton PA, Jones CF, Van Toen C, Itshayek E, Demetropoulos C. Motion-preserving spine implants under traumatic loading conditions. ASTM Symposium on Static and Dynamic Spinal Implants: Are We Evaluating Them Appropriately? November 16, 2010, San Antonio, TX, USA.
  26. Van Toen C, Street J, Oxland TR, Cripton PA. Acoustic emission from thoracic vertebral bodies and spinal ligaments. International Workshop on Human Subjects for Biomechanical Research (NHTSA). November 1, 2010, Phoenix, AZ, USA.
  27. Helgason B, Gilchrist S, Chak J, Ferguson SJ, Guy P, Cripton PA, Femoral neck fracture can initiate through failure of the trabecular bone: evidence from combined multi-scale FEA and impact experiment, European Orthopaedic Research Society, 1-2 July, 2010, Davos, Switzerland.
  28. Chak J, Gilchrist S, Helgason B, Guy P, Cripton PA, Simulating hip fracture at physiologic sideways fall velocities, European Orthopaedic Research Society, 1-2 July, 2010, Davos, Switzerland.
  29. Lucas E, Liu J, Russell C, Tetzlaff W, Cripton PA, High speed radiography used to measure dynamic spinal cord deformation in an in vivo rodent model, National Neurotrauma Symposium, 14-17 June, 2010, Las Vega, NV, USA.
  30. Jones CF, Lee JHT, Kwon BK, Cripton PA, Cerebrospinal fluid pressure wave during spinal cord injury may contribute to primary injury in a porcine model, National Neurotrauma Symposium, 14-17 June, 2010, Las Vega, NV, USA.
  31. Newell R, Seigmund G, Blouin JS, Cripton PA, Neck posture and muscle activiation: the design of a human volunteer study comparing the effect of upright and inverted postures, 2010 Northwest Biomechanics Symposium, 21-22 May, 2010, Seattle, WA, USA.
  32. Lucas E, Liu J, Russell C, Tetzlaff W, Cripton PA, In vivo spinal cord deformation during quasi-static compression using x-ray and radio-opaque markers, 2010 Northwest Biomechanics Symposium, 21-22 May, 2010, Seattle, WA, USA.
  33. Van Toen (Née Greaves) C, Street J, Oxland TR, Cripton PA, Spinal ligament and vertebral body injuries monitored by acoustic emission, 2010 Northwest Biomechanics Symposium, 21-22 May, 2010, Seattle, WA, USA.
  34. Lucas E, Liu J, Russell C, Tetzlaff W, Cripton PA, High speed radiography used to measure dynamic spinal cord deformation in an in vivo rodent model, 6th Annual Ohio Injury Biomechanics Symposium 17-18 May, 2010, Columbus, OH, USA.
  35. Jones CF, Lee JHT, Kwon BK, Cripton PA, Cerebrospinal fluid pressures during dynamic contusion-type spinal cord injury in a pig model, 6th Annual Ohio Injury Biomechanics Symposium 17-18 May, 2010, Columbus, OH, USA.
  1. Nolte LP, Panjabi MM, Oxland TR: “Biomechanical Properties of Lumbar Spine Ligaments”, in Advances in Biomaterials, Volume 9, ed. G. Heimke, U. Soltesz, AJC Lee, Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. Amsterdam 1990
  2. Oxland TR, Rathonyi GC: “Biomechanics of the spine: the effects of degeneration, injury and surgery”, in Textbook of Spinal Surgery, ed. P.S. Ramani, L.T.M. Medical College, Mumbai, India, pp 32-50, 1996
  3. Oxland TR, Kuslich SD, Kohrs DW, Bagby GW: “BAK Interbody Fusion System: Biomechanical rationale and Early Clinical results”, in Lumbosacral Arthrodesis, ed. Y. Floman and J. Marguilles, J.B. Lippincott, pp 545-561, 1996
  4. Oxland TR. Biomechanics of the L5/S1 Junction and the Effect of Spondylolisthesis and Spondyloptosis. in Severe Spondylolisthesis, ed. J.Harms H Sturz, Thieme Medical Publisher, Berlin Germany, pp.54-66, 2002.
  5. Villarraga ML, Cripton PA The Clinical Performance of UHMWPE in the Spine, in The UHMWPE Handbook: Ultra-high Molecular Weight Polyethylene in Total Joint Replacement. Kurtz SM, Ed. Elsevier Academic Press, USA, 2004
  6. Cripton PA, Reed SG, Saari A Musculature Actuation and Biomechanics of the Spine, in Spine  Technology Handbook. Kurtz SM, Ed. Elsevier Academic Press, USA, 2006
  7. Oxland TR, Bhatnagar T, Choo AM, Dvorak MF, Tetzlaff W, Cripton PA. Biomechanical Aspects of Spinal Cord Injury, in Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials. Bilston LE, Ed. Springer Verlag, Germany, 2012