Elastic, permeability and swelling properties of human intervertebral disc tissues: A benchmark for tissue engineering

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2088-2094

  Cortes, Daniel H ^a   Jacobs, Nathan T ^b   DeLucca, John F ^a   Elliott, Dawn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Annulus fibrosus; Cartilaginous endplate; Elastic properties; Nucleus pulposus; Permeability; Swelling; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

DATA COMPRESSION; DEFORMATION; HISTOLOGY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OSMOSIS; REPAIR; SWELLING; TISSUE;

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; BIOMECHANICAL FUNCTIONS; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; ENDPLATES; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; FUNCTIONAL TISSUE ENGINEERINGS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC TISSUES; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS;

TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ADULT; AGED; ANNULUS FIBROSUS; ARTICLE; BONE STRESS; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUMBAR DISK; MALE; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANNULUS FIBROSUS; CARTILAGINOUS ENDPLATE; ELASTIC PROPERTIES; NUCLEUS PULPOSUS; PERMEABILITY; SWELLING; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84901607423     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: 18732380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2013.12.021     Document Type: Article

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