The biomechanical response of spinal cord tissue to uniaxial loading

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 489-492

  Oakland, R J ^a   Hall, R M ^a   Wilcox, R K ^a   Barton, D C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental; Mechanical properties; Spinal cord; Uniaxial loading

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TISSUE; MATERIALS HANDLING;

CORD-COLUMN INTERACTION; INJURY MECHANISM; SPINAL CORD; TRAUMA; UNIAXIAL LOADING;

BONE; LOADING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTICITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

BIOMECHANICAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL; INTEGRAL COMPONENTS; LIMITED INFORMATION; PREVENTIVE STRATEGIES; SPINAL CORDS; STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; UNI-AXIAL LOADING;

EID: 33746464571     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM135     Document Type: Article

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