A novel finite element model of the ovine lumbar intervertebral disc with anisotropic hyperelastic material properties

• Gloria Casaroli ,

  * E-mail: gloria.casaroli@polimi.it

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics (LaBS), Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6084-9530

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• Fabio Galbusera,

  Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy

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• René Jonas,

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research (zmfu), Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

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• Benedikt Schlager,

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research (zmfu), Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

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• Hans-Joachim Wilke,

  Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Center for Musculoskeletal Research (zmfu), Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

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• Tomaso Villa

  Affiliations Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics (LaBS), Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering "Giulio Natta", Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy

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