The influence of lumbar disc height and cross-sectional area on the mechanical response of the disc to physiologic loading

Spine

Volumn 24, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 1873-1881

  Natarajan, Raghu N ^a   Andersson, Gunnar B J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Lumbar disc geometry; Motion segment; Spine biomechanics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LUMBAR DISK; MODEL; MOTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE; STRESS;

FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLIABILITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033568532     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-199909150-00003     Document Type: Article

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