The pathogenesis of syringomyelia: A re-evaluation of the elastic-jump hypothesis

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 131, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Elliott, N S J ^a   Lockerby, D A ^a   Brodbelt, A R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elastic jump; Hindbrain tonsil; Syringomyelia; Viscous damping

Indexed keywords

BASIC THEORY; CO-AXIAL; ELASTIC TUBES; FLUID ACCUMULATION; FLUID-FILLED; FLUID-FILLED CAVITY; HIGH PRESSURE; MOTOR FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL; PRESSURE IMPULSE; PRESSURE WAVE PROPAGATION; PRESSURE WAVES; RE-EVALUATION; SPINAL CORDS; SUBARACHNOID SPACES; TRANSIENT REGION; TREATMENT OUTCOMES; VISCOUS DAMPING;

DAMPING; DOSIMETRY; FLUIDS; TUBES (COMPONENTS); WAVE PROPAGATION;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; REVIEW; RHOMBENCEPHALON; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; VISCOSITY; WALDEYER RING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD; THEORETICAL MODEL; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPINAL CANAL; SPINAL CORD; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 67049137991     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.3072894     Document Type: Review

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