Strain transfer in the annulus fibrosus under applied flexion

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2141-2148

  Desrochers, Jane ^a   Duncan, Neil A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Confocal microscopy; Intervertebral disc; Micromechanics; Strain transfer

Indexed keywords

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRICES; FIBER SHEAR; FIBER STRAIN; IN-SITU; INITIAL STAGES; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LOAD REDISTRIBUTION; MACRO SCALE; MACROSCALE STRAIN; MATRIX; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; MECHANICAL FACTORS; MICRO-MECHANICAL; MICRO-SCALES; NONUNIFORMITY; REPAIR STRATEGY; STRAIN TRANSFER; STRUCTURAL MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE STRAINS;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FIBERS; MICROMECHANICS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

STRAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL STRESS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SPINE MOBILITY; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 77955269638     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.03.045     Document Type: Article

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