Young Investigator Award Winner: Validation of the Mouse and Rat Disc as Mechanical Models of the Human Lumbar Disc

Spine

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 713-722

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Axial compression; Lumbar disc; Mechanics; Motion segment; Mouse model; Rat; Torsion

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; MOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIGIDITY; TAIL; TORSION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TAIL; TORSION;

EID: 1842511664     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.BRS.0000116982.19331.EA     Document Type: Article

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