2007 High pressures and asymmetrical stresses in the scoliotic disc

Description: High pressures and asymmetrical stresses in the scoliotic disc in the absence of muscle loading Adam R Meir1 ,4 , Jeremy CT Fairbank1 , Deborah A Jones2 , Donal S McNally3 and Jill PG Urban2 1Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Oxford University, Oxford, UK 2Physiology Laboratory, Oxford University, Oxford, UK 3Institute of Biomechanics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK 4Adam R Meir, co Dr. Jill Urban, Physiology laboratory, Oxford University, Oxford, UK Scoliosis 2007, 2:4 doi:10.1186/1748-7161-2-4