Effect of intervertebral disc degeneration on disc cell viability: a numerical investigation

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 328-337

  Galbusera, Fabio ^a,b   Mietsch, Antje ^a   Schmidt, Hendrik ^a   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a   Neidlinger Wilke, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO ORTOPEDICO GALEAZZI   (Italy)

Author keywords

cell metabolism; cell nutrition; cell viability; finite volume; intervertebral disc

Indexed keywords

CELL METABOLISM; CELL NUTRITION; CELL VIABILITY; FINITE VOLUME; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS;

BIOMINERALIZATION; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; GLUCOSE; NUTRITION; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

OXYGEN;

GLUCOSE; LACTIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LACTIC ACID; MODELS, ANATOMIC; OXYGEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873917127     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255842.2011.619184     Document Type: Article

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