Biomechanical influence of disk properties on the load transfer of healthy and degenerated disks using a poroelastic finite element model

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Chagnon, Amélie ^a,b   Aubin, Carl Éric ^a,b   Villemure, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compression; Disk degeneration; Finite element model; Lumbar intervertebral disk; Poroelasticity

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION; DISK DEGENERATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; POROELASTICITY;

ACRYLICS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CREEP; DESIGN OF EXPERIMENTS; DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LOADING; PATHOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

DISKS (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS);

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOTION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; YOUNG MODULUS; BACK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VALIDATION STUDY; WEIGHT BEARING;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POROSITY; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77958539978     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4002550     Document Type: Article

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