Effects of degeneration on the elastic modulus distribution in the lumbar intervertebral disc

Spine

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 811-820

  Umehara, Shinji ^a   Tadano, Shigeru ^b   Abumi, Kuniyoshi ^a   Katagiri, Kazuaki ^b   Kaneda, Kiyoshi ^a   Ukai, Takayoshi ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

biomechanics; compressive elastic modulus; disc degeneration; indentation; intervertebral disc; lumbar spine

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0029923735     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199604010-00007     Document Type: Article

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