Preliminary investigations on intradiscal pressures during daily activities: an in vivo study using the merino sheep.

PURPOSE: Currently, no studies exist, which attest the suitability of the ovine intervertebral disc as a biomechanical in vivo model for preclinical tests of new therapeutic strategies of the human disc. By measuring the intradiscal pressure in vivo, the current study attempts to characterize an ess...

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Main Authors: Sandra Reitmaier, Hendrik Schmidt, Renate Ihler, Tugrul Kocak, Nicolas Graf, Anita Ignatius, Hans-Joachim Wilke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3722231?pdf=render