Mechanical differences between lumbar and tail discs in the mouse

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 150-155

  Sarver, Joseph J ^a   Elliott, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axial compression; Intervertebral disc; Mouse; Neutral zone; Rodent degeneration model; Spine biomechanics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; GEOMETRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; JOINT PRESSURE; LUMBAR DISK; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TAIL; VISCOELASTICITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; TAIL; VISCOSITY;

EID: 11044233499     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orthres.2004.04.010     Document Type: Article

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