The rib cage stabilizes the human thoracic spine: An in vitro study using stepwise reduction of rib cage structures

• Christian Liebsch,

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Centre Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

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• Nicolas Graf,

  Current address: SpineServ GmbH & Co. KG, Ulm, Germany

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Centre Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

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• Konrad Appelt,

  Current address: University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Centre Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

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• Hans-Joachim Wilke

  * E-mail: hans-joachim.wilke@uni-ulm.de

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Centre Ulm, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6007-8844

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