A method for measuring intra-tissue swelling pressure using a needle micro-osmometer
The intervertebral disc’s ability to resist load and facilitate motion arises largely from osmotic swelling pressures that develop within the tissue. Changes in the disc’s osmotic environment, diurnally and with disease, have been suggested to regulate cellular activity, yet knowledge of in vivo osm...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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AO Research Institute Davos
2020-09-01
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Series: | European Cells & Materials |
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Online Access: | https://www.ecmjournal.org/papers/vol040/pdf/v040a09.pdf |