Disc strain and resulting positive mRNA expression from application of a noninvasive treatment

Spine

Volumn 36, Issue 14, 2011, Pages

  Desmoulin, Geoffrey T ^a,b   Hewitt, Carol R ^c   Hunter, Christopher J ^b,c  

^a Optima Health Solutions International Corporation   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Gene expression; Intervertebral disc; Mechanical stimulation of tissues; Treatment; Vibration

Indexed keywords

AGGRECAN; BIGLYCAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; DECORIN; MESSENGER RNA; VERSICAN;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COW; FASCIA; GREEN CHEMISTRY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MUSCLE; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINE INJURY; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TAIL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERTEBRA; VIBRATION;

AGGRECANS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN TYPE II; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LINEAR MODELS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, MECHANICAL; UP-REGULATION; VERSICANS; VIBRATION;

EID: 79959977057     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e3181fd78b3     Document Type: Article

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