Spinal facet joint biomechanics and mechanotransduction in normal, injury and degenerative conditions

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 133, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1-31

  Jaumard, Nicolas V ^a   Welch, William C ^a   Winkelstein, Beth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Biomechanics; Capsule; Facet joint mechanics; Mechanotransduction; Spine

Indexed keywords

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CERVICAL SPINE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; JOINT CAPSULE; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; LIGAMENT; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MECHANICAL STRESS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPINE; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; DISK PROSTHESIS; FACET JOINT; FORCE; HYALINE CARTILAGE; JOINT LAXITY; LUMBAR SPINE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE; SIMULATION; SPINE INJURY; SPINE MOBILITY; SPINE SURGERY; SPONDYLARTHRITIS; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SYNOVIUM;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTERVERTEBRAL DISC DISPLACEMENT; JOINT CAPSULE; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SPINE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOTAL DISC REPLACEMENT; ZYGAPOPHYSEAL JOINT;

BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; CARTILAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; SURGERY; TISSUE;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGES; CAPSULE; FACET JOINTS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; SPINE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

EID: 85009798772     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4004493     Document Type: Article

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