Reduced nucleus pulposus glycosaminoglycan content alters intervertebral disc dynamic viscoelastic mechanics
Boxberger JI, Orlansky AS, Sen S, Elliott DM. Reduced nucleus pulposus glycosaminoglycan content alters intervertebral disc dynamic viscoelastic mechanics. Journal Of Biomechanics 2009, 42: 1941-1946. PMID: 19539936, PMCID: PMC2756063, DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2009.05.008.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDynamic stiffnessCompressive loadEquilibrium loadHigh dynamic stiffnessDynamic loading regimesPhase angleDynamic viscoelastic propertiesMechanical behaviorAxial loadViscoelastic mechanicsOscillatory loadingLoading regimesLow loadViscoelastic propertiesDynamic mechanicsLumbar motion segmentsMechanical mechanismDisc mechanicsStiffnessLoadSpectrum of frequenciesPossible mechanical mechanismsReduced glycosaminoglycansMotion segmentsMechanics