Tensile radial stress in the spinal cord related to arachnoiditis or tethering: A numerical model

Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 701-707

  Bertram, C D ^a   Bilston, L E ^b   Stoodley, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; Finite element model; Fluid structure interaction; Syringomyelia; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; FLUID DYNAMICS; FLUID MECHANICS; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; FLUIDICS; FLUIDS; HEALTH; NUMERICAL METHODS; PRESSURE; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TECHNOLOGY; WAVES;

BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING; CONNECTIONS (STRUCTURAL); DRAW IN; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION (FSI); INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION; INTERSTITIAL FLUIDS; LAMB WAVES; LOW PRESSURE (LP); NUMERICAL MODELLING; PRESSURE WAVES; RADIAL STRESSES; RELATIVE STIFFNESS; SPINAL CORDS; SUBARACHNOID SPACE (SAS);

STRESSES;

ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DURA MATER; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TETHERED CORD SYNDROME; VISCOELASTICITY;

ARACHNOIDITIS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD DISEASES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SYRINGOMYELIA; VISCOSITY;

EID: 45849116522     PISSN: 01400118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11517-008-0332-0     Document Type: Article

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