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Volume 21, Issue 5 supplement

June 2012

The Science of Intervertebral Disc Replacement

Issue Editors:

Hans-Joachim Wilke,
Stephen Ferguson

16 articles in this issue

Editor’s preface: the science of intervertebral disc replacement
Hans-Joachim Wilke
Stephen J. Ferguson
Editorial 08 May 2012 Pages: 575 - 576
The role of prosthesis design on segmental biomechanics
Hans-Joachim Wilke
René Schmidt
Balkan Cakir
Original Article 10 September 2010 Pages: 577 - 584
Effect of prosthesis endplate lordosis angles on L5-S1 kinematics after disc arthroplasty
Parmenion P. Tsitsopoulos
Bartosz Wojewnik
Avinash G. Patwardhan
Original Article 04 April 2012 Pages: 585 - 591
Resect or not to resect: the role of posterior longitudinal ligament in lumbar total disc replacement
Balkan Cakir
Marcus Richter
Hans Joachim Wilke
Original Article 31 October 2009 Pages: 592 - 598
Kinematic evaluation of one- and two-level Maverick lumbar total disc replacement caudal to a long thoracolumbar spinal fusion
Qingan Zhu
Eyal Itshayek
Peter A. Cripton
Original Article 25 April 2012 Pages: 599 - 611
An in vitro biomechanical comparison of Cadisc™-L with natural lumbar discs in axial compression and sagittal flexion
Donal McNally
Jason Naylor
Scott Johnson
Original Article 13 March 2012 Pages: 612 - 617
Primary and coupled motions after cervical total disc replacement using a compressible six-degree-of-freedom prosthesis
A. G. Patwardhan
M. N. Tzermiadianos
R. M. Havey
Original Article 24 September 2010 Pages: 618 - 629
Effects of lumbar artificial disc design on intervertebral mobility: in vivo comparison between mobile-core and fixed-core
Joël Delécrin
Jérôme Allain
Jean-Michel Nguyen
Original Article 11 December 2010 Pages: 630 - 640
Use of a personalized hybrid biomechanical model to assess change in lumbar spine function with a TDR compared to an intact spine
Gregory G. Knapik
Ehud Mendel
William S. Marras
Original Article 29 March 2011 Pages: 641 - 652
Do design variations in the artificial disc influence cervical spine biomechanics? A finite element investigation
Ahmad Faizan
Vijay K. Goel
Tai Friesem
Original Article Open access 21 November 2009 Pages: 653 - 662
Effect of multilevel lumbar disc arthroplasty on spine kinematics and facet joint loads in flexion and extension: a finite element analysis
Hendrik Schmidt
Fabio Galbusera
Hans-Joachim Wilke
Original Article 02 April 2010 Pages: 663 - 674
In silico evaluation of a new composite disc substitute with a L3–L5 lumbar spine finite element model
Jérôme Noailly
Luigi Ambrosio
Damien Lacroix
Original Article 05 March 2011 Pages: 675 - 687
Parameters that effect spine biomechanics following cervical disc replacement
Vijay K. Goel
Ahmad Faizan
Sanghita Bhattacharya
Review Article 20 May 2011 Pages: 688 - 699
Preferential superior surface motion in wear simulations of the Charité total disc replacement
Curtis M. Goreham-Voss
Rachel Vicars
Thomas D. Brown
Original Article 26 June 2010 Pages: 700 - 708
Influence of the loading frequency on the wear rate of a polyethylene-on-metal lumbar intervertebral disc replacement
Annette Kettler
Michael Bushelow
Hans-Joachim Wilke
Original Article 10 October 2010 Pages: 709 - 716
The use of self-mating PEEK as an alternative bearing material for cervical disc arthroplasty: a comparison of different simulator inputs and tribological environments
Tim Brown
Qi-Bin Bao
Original Article 14 March 2012 Pages: 717 - 726