In vivo stress measurement can predict pain on discography

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 1996, Pages 2580-2587

  McNally, Donal S ^a   Shackleford, Ian M ^b   Goodship, Allen E ^a   Mulholland, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

degenerative changes; discogenic pain; in vivo; intervertebral disc; investigation; mechanical stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISKOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR SPINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; SPINAL DISEASES; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 0029907896     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199611150-00007     Document Type: Article

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