Can vertebral density changes be explained by intervertebral disc degeneration?

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 453-458

  Homminga, Jasper ^a   Aquarius, Rene ^b   Bulsink, Vera E ^a   Jansen, Christiaan T J ^a,b   Verdonschot, Nico ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone adaptation; Disc degeneration; Finite element analysis; Osteoporosis; Spine

Indexed keywords

BONE ADAPTATION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DENSITY CHANGE; DISC DEGENERATION; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; INTER-VERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; OSTEOPOROSIS; SPINE; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; VERTEBRAL FRACTURES;

BIOMECHANICS; DISEASES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FRACTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

BONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; BONE DENSITY; BONE REMODELING; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TRABECULAR BONE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CALIBRATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84859761761     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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