The effect of hydration on the stiffness of intervertebral discs in an ovine model

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 446-455

  Costi, John J ^a   Hearn, Trevor C ^a   Fazzalari, Nicola L ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL AND VETERINARY SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hydration; In vitro testing; Intervertebral discs; Ovine model; Spine biomechanics; Spine segment stiffness

Indexed keywords

HYDRATION; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADS (FORCES); STIFFNESS;

FUNCTIONAL SPINAL UNIT STIFFNESS;

BIOMECHANICS;

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AIR; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BATH; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HYDRATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHEEP; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WEIGHT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WATER; CHEMISTRY; DEHYDRATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; METHODOLOGY; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; BODY WATER; DEHYDRATION; IN VITRO; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHEEP; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; ANIMALS;

EID: 0036316439     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(02)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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