Can axial loading restore in vivo disc geometry, opening pressure, and T2 relaxation time?

Harrah R Newman Axel C Moore Kyle D Meadows Rachel L Hilliard Madeline S Boyes Edward J Vresilovic Thomas P Schaer Dawn M Elliott

Published in: JOR spine (2024)

To restore the LIVE disc state in human studies or other animal models, we recommend measuring the OP/stress relationship and using this relationship to select the applied stress necessary to recover the in vivo condition.

Keyphrases

endothelial cells
stress induced
single molecule
heat stress
case control