Hydrogels for nucleus replacement-Facing the biomechanical challenge

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages 67-77

  Reitmaier, Sandra ^a   Wolfram, Uwe ^a   Ignatius, Anita ^a   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a   Gloria, Antonio ^b   Martín Martínez, José M ^c   Silva Correia, Joana ^d   Miguel Oliveira, Joaquim ^d   Luís Reis, Rui ^d   Schmidt, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Compression test; Disc regeneration; Hydrogels; In vitro; In vivo; Intervertebral disc; Nucleus replacement

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTS; DISC REGENERATION; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; NUCLEUS REPLACEMENT;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION TESTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; RESTORATION; TISSUE;

HYDROGELS;

GLUE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; FORCE; HYDROGEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMPLANTATION; SUTURE; TISSUE IMPLANT;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; HYDROGELS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; SHEEP; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84865813146     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2012.05.010     Document Type: Article

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