Can variations in intervertebral disc height affect the mechanical function of the disc?

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 19, 1996, Pages 2208-2217

  Lu, Y Michael ^a   Hutton, William C ^b   Gharpuray, Vasanti M ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disc height; finite element analysis; intervertebral disc; intradiscal pressure; posterolateral disc bulge; stress distribution

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MODEL; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029819381     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199610010-00006     Document Type: Article

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