Sustained Loading Generates Stress Concentrations in Lumbar Intervertebral Discs

The tissue origin of low back pain and sciatica: a report of pain response to tissue stimulation during operations on the lumbar spine using local anesthesia.

1991 • 693 citations

Disc Pressure Measurements

1981 • 652 citations

The Tissue Origin of Low Back Pain and Sciatica:

1991 • 537 citations

1990 Volvo Award in Experimental Studies: Anulus Tears and Intervertebral Disc Degeneration

1990 • 397 citations

Change of Disc Height, Radial Disc Bulge, and Intradiscal Pressure From Discectomy An in Vitro Investigation on Human Lumbar Discs

1991 • 361 citations

Internal Intervertebral Disc Mechanics as Revealed by Stress Profilometry

1992 • 358 citations

The effects of hydrostatic pressure on matrix synthesis in articular cartilage

1991 • 330 citations

DRIVING OF MOTOR VEHICLES AS A RISK FACTOR FOR ACUTE HERNIATED LUMBAR INTERVERTEBRAL DISC1

1975 • 270 citations

Bending and compressive stresses acting on the lumbar spine during lifting activities

1994 • 244 citations

Diurnal Variations in the Stresses on the Lumbar Spine

1987 • 240 citations

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

1983 • 240 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

The clinical biomechanics award paper 1993 Posture and the compressive strength of the lumbar spine

1994 • 160 citations

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

1994 • 143 citations

Spine Update Mechanical Testing of the Spine An Appraisal of Methodology, Results, and Conclusions

1995 • 142 citations

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

1988 • 132 citations

Commonly Adopted Postures and Their Effect on the Lumbar Spine

1988 • 130 citations

A Cadaveric Study Comparing Discography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Histology, and Mechanical Behavior of the Human Lumbar Disc

1992 • 123 citations

The Lumbar Spine in Backward Bending

1988 • 116 citations

A Pathologic Study of Discs in the Elderly

1993 • 113 citations

Abnormal stress concentrations in lumbar intervertebral discs following damage to the vertebral bodies: a cause of disc failure?

1993 • 100 citations

The Influence of Vertebral Body Fracture, Intradiscal Injection, and Partial Discectomy on the Radial Bulge and Height of Human Lumbar Discs

1985 • 91 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

Effects of fluid injection on mechanical properties of intervertebral discs

1979 • 73 citations

In vivo Discometry in Lumbar Discs with Irregular NucleogramsSome Differences in Stress Distribution between Normal and Moderately Degenerated Discs

1965 • 59 citations

Development and validation of a new transducer for intradiscal pressure measurement

1992 • 56 citations

Degeneration model of the porcine lumbar motion segment: effects of various intradiscal procedures

1994 • 34 citations

Multipoint determination of pressure-volume curves in human intervertebral discs.

1993 • 24 citations