Preliminary Investigations on Intradiscal Pressures during Daily Activities: An In Vivo Study Using the Merino Sheep

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Reitmaier, Sandra ^a   Schmidt, Hendrik ^a   Ihler, Renate ^a   Kocak, Tugrul ^a   Graf, Nicolas ^a   Ignatius, Anita ^a   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; LUMBAR SPINE; MECHANICAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; SHEEP; STANDING; WALKING;

EID: 84880833347     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0069610     Document Type: Article

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