High pressures and asymmetrical stresses in the scoliotic disc in the absence of muscle loading.
BACKGROUND: Loads acting on scoliotic spines are thought to be asymmetric and involved in progression of the scoliotic deformity; abnormal loading patterns lead to changes in bone and disc cell activity and hence to vertebral body and disc wedging. At present however there are no direct measurement...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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