The Effect of Sustained Compression on Oxygen Metabolic Transport in the Intervertebral Disc Decreases with Degenerative Changes

Andrea Malandrino; Jérôme Noailly; Damien Lacroix

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002112

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The Effect of Sustained Compression on Oxygen Metabolic Transport in the Intervertebral Disc Decreases with Degenerative Changes

Andrea Malandrino,

Affiliation Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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Jérôme Noailly,

Affiliation Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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Damien Lacroix

* E-mail: dlacroix@ibecbarcelona.eu

Affiliation Institute for Bioengineering of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
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The Effect of Sustained Compression on Oxygen Metabolic Transport in the Intervertebral Disc Decreases with Degenerative Changes

Andrea Malandrino,
Jérôme Noailly,
Damien Lacroix

Published: August 4, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002112

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