期刊
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
NATURE PORTFOLIO
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-51871-w
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- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (CDC/NIOSH) [R21OH00996]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) [PZ00P2 154855/1]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [PZ00P2_154855] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
Intervertebral discs are important structural components of the spine but also are significant sources of morbidity, especially for the low back lumbar region. Mechanical damage to, or degeneration of, the lumbar discs can diminish their structural integrity and elicit debilitating low back pain. Advancement of reparative or regenerative means to treat damaged or degenerated discs is hindered by a lack of basic understanding of the disc load-deformation characteristics in vivo. The current study presents an in vivo analysis of the morphometry and deformation of lumbar (L2-S1) intervertebral discs in 10 healthy participants while performing a common lifting act, using novel dynamic radiographic imaging of the lumbar vertebral body motion. Data analyses show uniquely different (p < 0.05) characteristics in morphometry, normal and shear strain patterns of the L5S1 discs, while the rest of lumbar discs exhibit great similarity. In particular shear strains in L2-L5 discs exhibited stronger linear correlations (R-2 >= 0.80) between strain changes and amount of lumbar flexion-extension motion compared to L5S1 (R-2 <= 0.5). The study therefore advances the state of knowledge on in vivo mechanical responses of the lumbar intervertebral discs during functional tasks.
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