'Stress' distributions inside intervertebral discs. The effects of age and degeneration

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 965-972

  Adams, M A ^a   McNally, D S ^a   Dolan, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; TRANSDUCER;

EID: 0029850589     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X78B6.1287     Document Type: Article

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