The mechanical response of the lumbar spine to different combinations of disc degenerative changes investigated using randomized poroelastic finite element models

European Spine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 563-571

  Galbusera, Fabio ^a,b   Schmidt, Hendrik ^a   Neidlinger Wilke, Cornelia ^a   Gottschalk, Andreas ^c   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^c IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Finite element; Lumbar; Morphological changes; Poroelastic; Random

Indexed keywords

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE MINERALIZATION; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUMBAR SPINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE ENDING; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OSTEOPHYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BIOMECHANICS; CALCINOSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; SCLEROSIS; SPINAL OSTEOPHYTOSIS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79956218998     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-010-1586-4     Document Type: Article

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