Mechanical and pathologic consequences of induced concentric anular tears in an ovine model

Spine

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2001, Pages 2575-2581

  Fazzalari, Nicola L ^a,b   Costi, John J ^c   Hearn, Trevor C ^c   Fraser, Robert D ^d   Vernon Roberts, Barrie ^a,b   Hutchinson, John ^d   Manthey, Beverley A ^a   Parkinson, Ian H ^a   Sinclair, Case ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Concentric disc tears; Intervertebral disc; Lumbar spine; Mechanics; Vertebral body

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL ARTICULATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR SPINE; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; VERTEBRA BODY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SHEEP; SPINE; TIME FACTORS; TORSION; WEIGHT-BEARING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 0035584421     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007632-200112010-00010     Document Type: Article

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