The presence of arachnoiditis affects the characteristics of CSF flow in the spinal subarachnoid space: A modelling study

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1186-1191

  Cheng, Shaokoon ^a   Stoodley, Marcus A ^c   Wong, Johnny ^c   Hemley, Sarah ^c   Fletcher, David F ^d   Bilston, Lynne E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arachnoiditis; Cerebrospinal fluid dynamics; Syringomyelia

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOIDITIS; CARDIAC CYCLES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; CEREBRO SPINAL FLUIDS; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DYNAMIC VISCOSITIES; FLOW RESISTANCE; FLUID-FILLED; HIGH PRESSURE; INCOMPRESSIBLE NEWTONIAN FLUID; MODELLING STUDIES; MRI IMAGE; NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS; PULSE PRESSURE; SPINAL CORDS; SUBARACHNOID SPACES; SYRINGOMYELIA;

BRAIN; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CEREBROSPINAL FLUID;

ARACHNOIDITIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; FLOW KINETICS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; VISCOSITY;

ARACHNOIDITIS; BIOMECHANICS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; FUNCTIONAL NEUROIMAGING; HUMANS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; RHEOLOGY; SPINAL CANAL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; SYRINGOMYELIA; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84859569413     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.01.050     Document Type: Article

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