Comparison of four methods to simulate swelling in poroelastic finite element models of intervertebral discs

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1234-1241

  Galbusera, Fabio ^a,b   Schmidt, Hendrik ^a   Noailly, Jérôme ^c,d   Malandrino, Andrea ^c   Lacroix, Damien ^c   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a   Shirazi Adl, Aboulfazl ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

^c INSTITUTE FOR BIOENGINEERING OF CATALONIA IBEC   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^e ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boundary pore pressure; Finite element; Intervertebral disc; Osmotic pressure; Poroelasticity; Swelling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY PORE PRESSURE; CRACK OPENING; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; FIXED BOUNDARIES; HIGHER LOADS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LOADING CONDITION; LOADING CYCLES; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANO-BIOLOGY; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PORE PRESSURE MODEL; POROELASTIC; POROELASTICITY; RELIABILITY OF RESULTS; STRAIN-DEPENDENT; SWELLING MODELS;

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); OSMOSIS; PORE PRESSURE; SWELLING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FIXED BOUNDARY PRESSURE MODEL; FIXED OSMOTIC PRESSURE MODEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC SWELLING; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OSMOSIS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ALGORITHMS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; POROSITY; PROTEOGLYCANS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79960557691     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.04.008     Document Type: Article

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