Influence of varying muscle forces on lumbar intradiscal pressure: An in vitro study

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 549-555

  Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a   Wolf, Steffen ^a   Claes, Lutz E ^a   Arand, Markus ^b   Wiesend, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intervertebral disc; Intradiscal pressure; Muscle simulation; Spinal biomechanics; Spine tester

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; LOADS (FORCES); MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; SIMULATION;

ANESTHESIZED SUBJECTS; LUMBAR INTRADISCAL PRESSURE; LUMBOSACAL SPINE; PRONE POSITION; SPINE TESTER; VARYING MUSCLE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; BODY POSTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030131164     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(95)00037-2     Document Type: Article

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