The mechanical effects of intervertebral disc lesions

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 448-455

  Thompson, Rosemary E ^a,b   Pearcy, Mark J ^a   Barker, Timothy M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AO RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anular lesions; Degeneration; Intervertebral joints; Robotic mechanical testing

Indexed keywords

BENDING (DEFORMATION); INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGAMENTS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; ROTATION; STRESS ANALYSIS;

CONCENTRIC TEARS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC ANULUS; RADIAL TEARS; RIM LESIONS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HYSTERESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; JOINT FUNCTION; LUMBAR DISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; SHEEP; SPINE MOBILITY; STRESS; VERTEBRA BODY;

AGING; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHEEP; TORQUE;

EID: 2942612204     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2004.01.012     Document Type: Article

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