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European Spine Journal

Issue Special Issue 3/2006

The Lumbar Intervertebral Disc - From Basic Science to Clinical Application

Content (20 Articles)

Editorial

The lumbar vertebral disc

Hans Jörg Meisel

Original Article

Senescence in human intervertebral discs

S. Roberts, E. H. Evans, D. Kletsas, D. C. Jaffray, S. M. Eisenstein

Review

Genetics of disc degeneration

Danny Chan, Youqiang Song, Pak Sham, Kenneth M. C. Cheung

Original Article

The structure and degradation of aggrecan in human intervertebral disc

Peter J. Roughley, Lee I. Melching, Terrence F. Heathfield, Richard H. Pearce, John S. Mort

Original Article

In vivo quantification of human lumbar disc degeneration using T1ρ-weighted magnetic resonance imaging

Joshua D. Auerbach, Wade Johannessen, Arijitt Borthakur, Andrew J. Wheaton, Carol A. Dolinskas, Richard A. Balderston, Ravinder Reddy, Dawn M. Elliott

Review

Auto fluorescence of intervertebral disc tissue: a new diagnostic tool

T. Hoell, G. Huschak, A. Beier, G. Hüttmann, Y. Minkus, H. J. Holzhausen, H. J. Meisel

Review

Mechanical concepts for disc regeneration

Klaus John Schnake, Michael Putzier, Norbert P. Haas, Frank Kandziora

Original Article

Osmoviscoelastic finite element model of the intervertebral disc

Yvonne Schroeder, Wouter Wilson, Jacques M. Huyghe, Frank P. T. Baaijens

Original Article

Regulation of gene expression in intervertebral disc cells by low and high hydrostatic pressure

Cornelia Neidlinger-Wilke, Karin Würtz, Jill P. G. Urban, Wolfgang Börm, Markus Arand, Anita Ignatius, Hans-Joachim Wilke, Lutz E. Claes

Review

Molecular therapy of the intervertebral disc

S. Tim Yoon, Nilpesh M. Patel

Original Article

Topographical guidance of intervertebral disc cell growth in vitro: towards the development of tissue repair strategies for the anulus fibrosus

William E. Johnson, Andrew Wootton, Alicia El Haj, Stephen M. Eisenstein, Adam S. Curtis, Sally Roberts

Original Article

Clinical experience in cell-based therapeutics: intervention and outcome

Hans Joerg Meisel, Timothy Ganey, William C. Hutton, Jeanette Libera, Yvonne Minkus, Olivera Alasevic

Review Article

Prevention of disc degeneration with growth factors

Koichi Masuda, Howard S. An

Original Article

Is a collagen scaffold for a tissue engineered nucleus replacement capable of restoring disc height and stability in an animal model?

Hans-Joachim Wilke, Frank Heuer, Cornelia Neidlinger-Wilke, Lutz Claes

Review

IDET: a critical appraisal of the evidence

Brian J. C. Freeman