Human annulus fibrosus dynamic tensile modulus increases with degeneration

Mechanics of Materials

Volumn 44, Issue , 2012, Pages 93-98

  Sen, Sounok ^a   Jacobs, Nathan T ^a,b   Boxberger, John I ^a   Elliott, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Intervertebral disc; Mechanics; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLLAGEN DEPOSITION; COMPRESSION AND SHEAR; CYCLIC LOADING CONDITIONS; CYCLIC TENSILE; DISC DEGENERATION; DYNAMIC MODULI; DYNAMIC VISCOELASTIC PROPERTIES; EQUILIBRIUM STRAIN; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; IN-VIVO; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; LINEAR VISCOELASTIC; LOADING FREQUENCIES; MECHANICAL EQUILIBRIUM; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; PHASE ANGLES; PHYSIOLOGIC LOADINGS; PROTEOGLYCANS; STRAIN LEVELS; UNIAXIAL TENSIONS;

LOADING; MECHANICS; VISCOELASTICITY;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 82755189486     PISSN: 01676636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmat.2011.07.016     Document Type: Article

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