How healthy discs herniate: A biomechanical and microstructural study investigating the combined effects of compression rate and flexion

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 1018-1028

  Wade, Kelly R ^a   Robertson, Peter A ^a   Thambyah, Ashvin ^a   Broom, Neil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

annular disruption; elevated rate of compression; fl exion; mechanism of herniation; microstructural analysis; ovine lumbar motion segments

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPRESSION; COMPRESSION RATE; DISK WALL FAILURE; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISEASE; LUMBAR DISK HERNIA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SPINE FLEXION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE MOBILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; ANIMAL; BODY POSTURE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DISEASE MODEL; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; POSTURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHEEP; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84902298640     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000262     Document Type: Article

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