Lumbar intradiscal pressure measured in the anterior and posterolateral annular regions during asymmetrical loading

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 495-505

  Steffen, Thomas ^a   Baramki, Hani G ^a   Rubin, Rick ^a   Antoniou, John ^a   Aebi, Max ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Degeneration; Intradiscal pressure; Lumbar spine; Mechanical stress; Posture

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; NEEDLES; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SPECIMEN PREPARATION;

ASYMMETRICAL LOADING; LUMBAR INTRADISCAL PRESSURE; POSTEROLATERAL ANNULAR REGIONS; POSTURE;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR;

EID: 0032188877     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(98)00039-4     Document Type: Article

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