Intradiscal thermal therapy does not stimulate biologic remodeling in an in vivo sheep model

Spine

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-145

  Bass, Elisa C ^a,b   Nau, William H ^a   Diederich, Chris J ^a   Liebenberg, Ellen ^a   Shu, Richard ^a   Pellegrino, Richard ^b   Button, Jeffrey ^b   Attawia, Mohamed ^b   Hu, Serena S ^a   Ferrier, William T ^c   Lotz, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Synthes Technical Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulus; Biomechanics; Collagen; Denaturation; Intervertebral disc; Thermal therapy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CELL DEATH; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LOW TEMPERATURE; NERVE FIBER; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TISSUE REGENERATION; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BONE REMODELING; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FEMALE; HEAT; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 30944437639     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.brs.0000195344.49747.dd     Document Type: Article

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