Large residual strains are present in the intervertebral disc annulus fibrosus in the unloaded state

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1227-1231

  Michalek, A J ^a   Gardner Morse, M G ^a   Iatridis, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Image analysis; Opening angle; Point tracking; Residual stress

Indexed keywords

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; BLOOD VESSEL WALLS; CIRCUMFERENTIAL TENSILE STRESS; EXTERNAL LOADS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; MATERIAL MODELS; MECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR MATERIALS; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OPENING ANGLE; POINT TRACKING; REFERENCE STATE; REPAIR STRATEGY; REPAIR TECHNIQUES; RESIDUAL COMPRESSIVE STRESS; RESIDUAL STRAINS; RESIDUAL TENSIONS; SIMILAR PATTERN; STRESS FREE; UNLOADED STATE;

BLOOD VESSELS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRESS; TISSUE;

RESIDUAL STRESSES;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; ELASTICITY; INCISION; INJECTION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDUAL STRESS; SPINE SURGERY; TENSION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84859598774     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2012.01.042     Document Type: Article

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