Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 642-649, July 2009

Dependency of disc degeneration on shear and tensile strains between annular fiber layers for complex loads

Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Director Prof. Lutz Claes, University of Ulm, Helmholtzstrasse 14, 89081 Ulm, Germany

Received 28 August 2008; received in revised form 22 December 2008; accepted 24 December 2008. published online 05 February 2009.

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PII: S1350-4533(09)00033-2

doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2008.12.004

Medical Engineering & Physics
Volume 31, Issue 6 , Pages 642-649, July 2009

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