Human annulus fibrosus material properties from biaxial testing and constitutive modeling are altered with degeneration

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 493-503

  O'Connell, Grace D ^a   Sen, Sounok ^a   Elliott, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Biaxial tension; Continuum modeling; Degeneration; Intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

CONTINUUM MECHANICS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SHEAR FLOW; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TENSILE TESTING;

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; AXIAL DIRECTION; BIAXIAL TENSIONS; BIAXIAL TESTING; CONTINUUM MODEL; DEGENERATION; FIBER/MATRIX INTERACTIONS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MULTI-DIRECTIONAL STRESS; YOUNG MODULUS;

CONSTITUTIVE MODELS;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PATHOLOGY; PRESSURE; SPINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRESSURE; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859905610     PISSN: 16177959     EISSN: 16177940     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10237-011-0328-9     Document Type: Article

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