Modelling creep behaviour of the human intervertebral disc

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2101-2103

  Van der Veen, Albert J ^a   Bisschop, Arno ^a   Mullender, Margriet G ^a   van Dieën, Jaap H ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanical test; Creep; Intervertebral disc; Spine

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICAL TESTS; CREEP BEHAVIOUR; INTERVERTEBRAL DISCS; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MODEL PARAMETERS; SPINE; TEST DURATIONS; TIME CONSTANTS;

CREEP; EXTRAPOLATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; CREEP BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACIC SPINE; VALIDITY;

BIOMECHANICAL TEST; CREEP; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; SPINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THORACIC VERTEBRAE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84880703384     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.05.026     Document Type: Article

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