Effect of orientation and targeted extracellular matrix degradation on the shear mechanical properties of the annulus fibrosus

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1611-1619

  Jacobs, Nathan T ^a,b   Smith, Lachlan J ^a   Han, Woojin M ^a,b   Morelli, Jeffrey ^a   Yoder, Jonathon H ^a,b   Elliott, Dawn M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Biomechanics; Disc degeneration; Elastin; Glycosaminoglycan; Intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION; COLLAGEN FIBER; COMPRESSIVE LOADS; DISC DEGENERATION; DISC REPLACEMENT; ELASTASE; ELASTIN; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX DEGRADATION; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; MATERIAL MODELS; MECHANICAL RESPONSE; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL; PRE-STRAIN; RADIAL SHEAR; SHEAR LOADINGS; SHEAR PROPERTIES; STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIP; TENSILE LOADING;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; DEGRADATION; ELASTIC MODULI; GLYCOPROTEINS; LOADING; MECHANISMS; SHEAR STRAIN; TISSUE; TORSIONAL STRESS;

SHEAR FLOW;

COLLAGEN FIBER; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANISOTROPY; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MECHANICAL TORSION; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; ELASTIN; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 81255134289     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2011.03.016     Document Type: Article

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