Sheep lumbar intervertebral discs as models for human discs

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 312-314

  Reid, J E ^a   Meakin, J R ^a   Robins, S P ^b   Skakle, J M S ^a   Hukins, D W L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen; Intervertebral discs; Model systems; Water

Indexed keywords

DRYING; FIBERS; TISSUE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HUMAN DISCS;

BIOMECHANICS;

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; HYDROXYPROLINE; WATER;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMPLANT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MASS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TISSUE WATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; COLLAGEN; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANIMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036258896     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(02)00009-8     Document Type: Article

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