Low back pain: A biomechanical rationale based on "patterns" of disc degeneration

Spine

Volumn 40, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 1165-1172

  Von Forell, Gregory A ^a   Stephens, Trevor K ^a   Samartzis, Dino ^b   Bowden, Anton E ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Degeneration; Disc; Intervertebral; Lumbar; Patterns; Skipped; Spine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORCE; HUMAN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DEGENERATION; LIGAMENT; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

AGED; BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DEGENERATION; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, MECHANICAL; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

EID: 84942613507     PISSN: 03622436     EISSN: 15281159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/BRS.0000000000000982     Document Type: Article

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