The effect of degenerative morphological changes of the intervertebral disc on the lumbar spine biomechanics: A poroelastic finite element investigation

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 729-739

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disc degeneration; Finite element; Intradiscal pressure; Lumbar spine; Poroelastic; Spine biomechanics

Indexed keywords

DISC DEGENERATION; FINITE ELEMENT; LUMBAR SPINE; POROELASTIC; SPINE BIOMECHANICS;

BIOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE;

EID: 79960558551     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2010.493522     Document Type: Article

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