The Influence of the Tensile Material Properties of Single Annulus Fibrosus Lamellae and the Interlamellar Matrix Strength on Disc Herniation and Progression
Low back pain is highly prevalent in the developed world, with 80% of the population being affected at some point in their lives. Herniation, a common injury to the intervertebral disc, is characterized as the posterior migration of the nucleus pulposus through the layers of the annulus fibrosus. Va...
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10012/4525 |