Mechanical profiling of intervertebral discs

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1154-1157

  Schultz, David S ^a,b   Rodriguez, Azucena G ^a   Hansma, Paul K ^c   Lotz, Jeffrey C ^a  

^a UCSF Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Degeneration; Intervertebral disc; Mechanical properties; MRI; Nucleus pulposus

Indexed keywords

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MRI; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS;

BIOMECHANICS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); INSTRUMENT TESTING; INTERCHANGES;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE STRENGTH; BONE STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCORING SYSTEM; TISSUE SECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 67349167007     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.02.013     Document Type: Article

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