Comparison of animal discs used in disc research to human lumbar disc: Torsion mechanics and collagen content

Spine

Volumn 37, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Showalter, Brent L ^a,b   Beckstein, Jesse C ^a   Martin, John T ^a,b   Beattie, Elizabeth E ^b   Orías, Alejandro A Espinoza ^c   Schaer, Thomas P ^a   Vresilovic, Edward J ^d   Elliott, Dawn M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; biomechanics; collagen; intervertebral disc; torsion

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALF (BOVINE); COMPRESSION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL MONKEY; EXPERIMENTAL MOUSE; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; EXPERIMENTAL RAT; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; GOAT; HUMAN; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RIGIDITY; SHEEP; SPECIES COMPARISON; TENSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; GOATS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MODELS, ANIMAL; PAPIO; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SWINE; TORSION, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863432144     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0b013e31824d911c     Document Type: Article

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