Open AccessViscoelastic heating of insulated bovine intervertebral disc
Author(s) -
Newman Harrah R.,
Bowles Robert D.,
Buckley Mark R.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
jor spine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
0ISSN - 2572-1143
DOI - 10.1002/jsp2.1002
Subject(s) - viscoelasticity , intervertebral disc , materials science , nociception , compression (physics) , nucleus , biomedical engineering , anatomy , composite material , medicine , chemistry , biochemistry , receptor , psychiatry
This study investigates the capacity of intervertebral disc (IVD) to heat as a result of energy dissipation during cyclic uniaxial compression over a range of frequencies and test durations. The intact IVD, outer annulus fibrosis, and inner nucleus pulposus all experienced measurable viscoelastic heating that could interact with sensitized nociceptive neurons in degenerative IVD to play a role in back pain.