JournalofASTMInternationalSelectedTechnicalPapersSTP1535StaticandDynamicSpinalImplants:AreWeEvaluatingThemAppropriately?JAIGuestEditors:LauraM.JensenDavidB.SpencinerJoveGrahamPaulA.AndersonASTMInternational100BarrHarborDrivePOBoxC700WestConshohocken,PA19428-2959PrintedintheU.S.A.ASTMStock#:STP1535LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationDataStaticanddynamicspinalimplants:areweevaluatingthemappropriately?/guesteditors,LauraM.Jensenetal.p.cm.--(JAI;STP1535)Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindexes.ISBN978-0-8031-7521-1(alk.paper)I.Jensen,LauraM.,1974-II.ASTMInternational.III.Series:JournalofASTMInternational.Selectedtechnicalpapers;STP1535.[DNLM:1.Spine--surgery.2.DeviceApproval.3.Implants,Experimental.4.ProsthesisDesign.WE725]617.4’710592--dc232012013744Copyright©2012ASTMINTERNATIONAL,WestConshohocken,PA.Allrightsreserved.Thismaterialmaynotbereproducedorcopied,inwholeorinpart,inanyprinted,mechanical,electronic,film,orotherdistributionandstoragemedia,withoutthewrittenconsentofthepublisher.JournalofASTMInternational(JAI)ScopeTheJAIisamulti-disciplinaryforumtoservetheinternationalscientificandengineeringcommunitythroughthetimelypublicationoftheresultsoforiginalresearchandcriticalreviewarticlesinthephysicalandlifesciencesandengineeringtechnologies.Thesepeer-reviewedpaperscoverdiversetopicsrelevanttothescienceandresearchthatestablishthefoundationforstandardsdevelopmentwithinASTMInternational.PhotocopyRightsAuthorizationtophotocopyitemsforinternal,personal,oreducationalclassroomuse,ortheinternal,personal,oreducationalclassroomuseofspecificclients,isgrantedbyASTMInternationalprovidedthattheappropriatefeeispaidtoASTMInternational,100BarrHarborDrive,P.O.BoxC700,WestConshohocken,PA19428-2959,Tel:610-832-9634;online:http://www.astm.org/copyright.TheSocietyisnotresponsible,asabody,forthestatementsandopinionsexpressedinthispublication.ASTMInternationaldoesnotendorseanyproductsrepresentedinthispublication.PeerReviewPolicyEachpaperpublishedinthisvolumewasevaluatedbytwopeerr...