Self-assembling peptide hydrogels as functional tools to tackle intervertebral disc degeneration

C Ligorio, JA Hoyland, A Saiani - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Low back pain (LBP), caused by intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration, is a major
contributor to global disability. In its healthy state, the IVD is a tough and well-hydrated …

Design requirements for annulus fibrosus repair: review of forces, displacements, and material properties of the intervertebral disk and a summary of candidate …

RG Long, OM Torre, WW Hom… - Journal of …, 2016 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
There is currently a lack of clinically available solutions to restore functionality to the
intervertebral disk (IVD) following herniation injury to the annulus fibrosus (AF) …

[HTML][HTML] Injectable disc-derived ECM hydrogel functionalised with chondroitin sulfate for intervertebral disc regeneration

C Borrelli, CT Buckley - Acta Biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Low back pain resulting from intervertebral disc (IVD) degeneration is a significant
socioeconomic burden. The main effect of the degeneration process involves the alteration …

Intervertebral disc swelling maintains strain homeostasis throughout the annulus fibrosus: a finite element analysis of healthy and degenerated discs

B Yang, GD O'Connell - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Tissues in the intervertebral disc have a large capacity to absorb water, partially due to the
high glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content, which decreases linearly from the nucleus pulposus …

Validation and application of an intervertebral disc finite element model utilizing independently constructed tissue-level constitutive formulations that are nonlinear …

NT Jacobs, DH Cortes, JM Peloquin, EJ Vresilovic… - Journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Finite element (FE) models are advantageous in the study of intervertebral disc mechanics
as the stress–strain distributions can be determined throughout the tissue and the applied …

Developments in intervertebral disc disease research: pathophysiology, mechanobiology, and therapeutics

KT Weber, TD Jacobsen, R Maidhof… - Current reviews in …, 2015 - Springer
Low back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide and the second most common
cause of physician visits. There are many causes of back pain, and among them, disc …

Mechanical characterization and design of biomaterials for nucleus pulposus replacement and regeneration

ZL Li, Q Lu, JR Honiball, SHT Wan… - … Research Part A, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Biomaterials for nucleus pulposus (NP) replacement and regeneration have great potential
to restore normal biomechanics in degenerated intervertebral discs following nucleotomy …

Human cartilage endplate permeability varies with degeneration and intervertebral disc site

JF DeLucca, DH Cortes, NT Jacobs, EJ Vresilovic… - Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Despite the critical functions the human cartilage endplate (CEP) plays in the intervertebral
disc, little is known about its structural and mechanical properties and their changes with …

Importance of matrix cues on intervertebral disc development, degeneration, and regeneration

MJ Kibble, M Domingos, JA Hoyland… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Back pain is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide and is frequently caused by
degeneration of the intervertebral discs. The discs' development, homeostasis, and …

Effect of hydration on healthy intervertebral disk mechanical stiffness

SE Bezci, A Nandy… - Journal of …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
The intervertebral disk has an excellent swelling capacity to absorb water, which is thought
to be largely due to the high proteoglycan composition. Injury, aging, degeneration, and …