Viscoelastic properties of the intervertebral disc and the effect of nucleus pulposus removal

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 225, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 335-341

  Gadd, M J ^a   Shepherd, D E T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanical analysis; Intervertebral disc; Nucleus; Spine; Viscoelastic

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSIVE FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LUMBAR DISC; NUCLEUS; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PHASE ANGLES; SPINE; VISCOELASTIC; VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES;

DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; STIFFNESS; VISCOELASTICITY; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS;

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; VISCOELASTICITY;

EID: 80051952380     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20413033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2041303310393410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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