Effects of enzymatic digestion on compressive properties of rat intervertebral discs

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1067-1073

  Barbir, Ana ^a   Michalek, Arthur J ^a   Abbott, Rosalyn D ^a   Iatridis, James C ^a  

^a University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagenase; Compression; Cross linking; Elastin; Intervertebral

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; BIOMECHANICAL CHANGES; COLLAGENASE; COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CYCLIC COMPRESSION; ELASTASE; ENZYMATIC DIGESTIONS; ENZYMATIC TREATMENTS; FORCE CONDITIONS; FOUR-GROUP; FREQUENCY SWEEP; GENIPIN; GEOMETRIC DIFFERENCE; IN-VIVO; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LUMBAR DISC; MATRIX; MECHANICAL PARAMETERS; MECHANICAL TESTS; MOTION SEGMENTS; QUASI-STATIC COMPRESSION; SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; TENSION TESTS; WATER TRANSPORT;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPACTION; CREEP; GLYCOPROTEINS; TENSILE TESTING; VOLTAGE DIVIDERS;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

COLLAGENASE; ELASTASE; ELASTIN; GENIPIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BONE REMODELING; BONE STRESS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; ENZYME DEGRADATION; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LOADING TEST; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VISCOELASTICITY; WATER TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; COLLAGENASES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77950689438     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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