Effect of sustained loading on the water content of intervertebral discs: implications for disc metabolism.

Factors involved in the nutrition of the human lumbar intervertebral disc: cellularity and diffusion of glucose in vitro.

1975 • 563 citations

Nutrition of the Intervertebral Disc: Solute Transport and Metabolism

1981 • 511 citations

Tensile Properties of the Human Lumbar Annulus Fibrosus

1967 • 383 citations

The effect of posture on the role of the apophysial joints in resisting intervertebral compressive forces

1980 • 383 citations

Internal Intervertebral Disc Mechanics as Revealed by Stress Profilometry

1992 • 358 citations

Some mechanical properties of the third human lumbar interlaminar ligament (ligamentum flavum)

1968 • 284 citations

Sustained Loading Generates Stress Concentrations in Lumbar Intervertebral Discs

1996 • 250 citations

Nutrition of the intervertebral disc: effect of fluid flow on solute transport.

1982 • 240 citations

The Effect of Posture on the Fluid Content of Lumbar Intervertebral Discs

1983 • 240 citations

The Effect of Lactate and pH on Proteoglycan and Protein Synthesis Rates in the Intervertebral Disc

1992 • 229 citations

The Influence of Backrest Inclination and Lumbar Support on Lumbar Lordosis

1979 • 212 citations

In Vivo Diurnal Variation in Intervertebral Disc Volume and Morphology

1994 • 207 citations

Fracture of the Vertebral End-Plate in the Lumbar Spine: An Experimental Biomechanical Investigation

1957 • 182 citations

Creep Characteristics of the Human Spinal Column

1975 • 166 citations

Effect of static load on matrix synthesis rates in the intervertebral disc measured in vitro by a new perfusion technique

1995 • 159 citations

Water and Electrolyte Content of Human Intervertebral Discs Under Variable Load

1985 • 144 citations

Passive tissues help the back muscles to generate extensor moments during lifting

1994 • 143 citations

1988 Volvo Award in Basic Science: Proteoglycan Synthesis in the Human Intervertebral Disc

1988 • 132 citations

Orcadian Variation in Human Stature

1984 • 127 citations

Factors Influencing Oxygen Concentration Gradients in the Intervertebral Disc

1991 • 114 citations

The Physiological Oscillation of the Length of the Body

1935 • 103 citations

In vitro method for measuring synthesis rates in the intervertebral disc

1986 • 101 citations

1990 Volvo Award in Experimental Studies: The Dependence of Intervertebral Disc Mechanical Properties on Physiologic Conditions

1990 • 101 citations

Comparison Between Fluid Content and Swelling Pressure Profiles of Discs Removed at Surgery and Those Taken Postmortem

1992 • 89 citations

Trunk muscle electromyography and whole body vibration

1989 • 88 citations

Body Height Change During Upright and Recumbent Posture

1990 • 83 citations

The Strength in Anterior Bending of Lumbar Intervertebral Discs

1994 • 81 citations

Nutritional Changes in the Canine Intervertebral Disc after Spinal Fusion

1982 • 80 citations

In vivo creep behavior of the normal and degenerated porcine intervertebral disk: a preliminary report.

1988 • 55 citations

1990 Volvo Award in Experimental Studies

1990 • 27 citations

In Vivo Measurement of Spinal Column Viscoelasticity—An Animal Model

1995 • 18 citations

Fluid and solute transport in the inter-vertebral disc

1977 • 8 citations

Changes in Cartilage Osmotic Pressure in Response to Loads and their Effects on Chondrocyte Metabolism

1992 • 2 citations

A 20S APPLICATION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS OF HYDROSTATIC-PRESSURE CAN STIMULATE MATRIX SYNTHESIS IN SOME REGIONS OF THE BOVINE INTERVERTEBRAL DISC IN-VITRO

1993 • 1 citations