Development and Validation of an Analogue Lumbar Spine Model and its Integral Components

By Copyright 2011 John P. Domann Submitted to the graduate degree program in Bioengineering and the Graduate Faculty of the University of Kansas in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. ________________________________ Dr. Elizabeth Friis , Chairperson ________________________________ Dr. Ronald Barrett, Committee Member ________________________________ Dr. Sara Wilson, Committee Member

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