## Abstract Finite element (FE) models have become an important tool to study load distribution in the healthy and degenerated disc. However, model predictions require accurate constitutive laws and material properties. As the mechanical properties of the intervertebral disc are regulated by its bi
Osmoviscoelastic finite element model of the intervertebral disc
โ Scribed by Yvonne Schroeder; Wouter Wilson; Jacques M. Huyghe; Frank P. T. Baaijens
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 534 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0940-6719
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