Simulation of the progression of intervertebral disc degeneration due to decreased nutritional supply

Spine

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2014, Pages E1411-E1417

  Gu, Weiyong ^a,b   Zhu, Qiaoqiao ^a   Gao, Xin ^b   Brown, Mark D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

biomechanics; biophysics; continuum mixture theory; finite element method; mechanobiology; modeling

Indexed keywords

PROTEOGLYCAN; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SIMULATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER CONTENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATHOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; CELL COUNT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEOGLYCANS; WATER;

EID: 84922777240     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000560     Document Type: Article

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