Multi-segment FEA of the human lumbar spine including the heterogeneity of the annulus fibrosus

Computational Mechanics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 147-163

  Eberlein, R ^a   Holzapfel, G A ^b   Frohlich M ^c  

^a Sulzer Ltd   (Switzerland)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c A Zimmer Company   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Biomechanics; Heterogeneity; Lumbar spine; Nonlinear FEA; Tissue degeneration

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER REINFORCED MATERIALS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGAMENTS; STIFFNESS; TISSUE; TORQUE;

HETEROGENEITY; LUMBAR SPINE; TISSUE GENERATION;

BIOMECHANICS;

EID: 5444242036     PISSN: 01787675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0563-3     Document Type: Article

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