Intradiscal pressure depends on recent loading and correlates with disc height and compressive stiffness

European Spine Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2359-2368

  Vergroesen, Pieter Paul A ^a   Van Der Veen, Albert J ^a   Van Royen, Barend J ^a   Kingma, Idsart ^b   Smit, Theo H ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Fluid flow; Hydrostatic pressure; Intervertebral disc; Intradiscal pressure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL VIABILITY; DAIRY GOAT; GENE EXPRESSION; HEIGHT; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK COMPRESSIVE STIFFNESS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HEIGHT; LUMBAR DISK; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; GOAT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; GOATS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC; LINEAR MODELS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, ANIMAL; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 84926664390     PISSN: 09406719     EISSN: 14320932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00586-014-3450-4     Document Type: Article

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