Intervertebral disc degeneration in a naturally occurring primate model: Radiographic and biomechanical evidence

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1283-1288

  Nuckley, David J ^a   Kramer, Patricia A ^b   Del Rosario, Adeline ^a   Fabro, Nathan ^a   Baran, Szczepan ^c   Ching, Randal P ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Disc degeneration; Disc dynamics; Intervertebral disc; Macaca fascicularis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MACACA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SPINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MACACA; MALE; SPINAL DISEASES;

EID: 49149087161     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20526     Document Type: Article

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