The origins of syringomyelia: Numerical models of fluid/structure interactions in the spinal cord

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1099-1109

  Bertram, C D ^a   Brodbelt, A R ^b   Stoodley, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ELASTIC MODULI; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CORD TISSUE; RIGID-DURA MODEL; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; DURA MATER; ELASTICITY; FLUID TRANSPORT; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DURA MATER; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 30344447722     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2073607     Document Type: Article

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