Height and torsional stiffness are most sensitive to annular injury in large animal intervertebral discs

Spine Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 425-432

  Michalek, Arthur J ^a   Iatridis, James C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Biomechanical; Injury; Intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

ACUTE ANNULUS FIBROSUS INJURY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DISEASE MODEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; MECHANICAL TORSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALPEL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84862159123     PISSN: 15299430     EISSN: 18781632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spinee.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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