Quantifying the contributions of structure to annulus fibrosus mechanical function using a nonlinear, anisotropic, hyperelstic model

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 508-516

  Guerin, Heather Lynch ^a,b,c   Elliott, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c EXPONENT INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropic; Annulus fibrosus; Biomechanics; Intervertebral disk; Nonlinearity; Tension

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTIC FIBER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; STRETCHING; TENSION;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PROTEOGLYCANS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 34047228432     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20324     Document Type: Article

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