Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 182-191 , April 2009

Viscoelastic stresses on anisotropic annulus fibrosus of lumbar disk under compression, rotation and flexion in manual treatment

  • Hans Chaudhry, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ, USA
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  • Zhiming Ji, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mechanical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +19735963341; fax: +19736424282.
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  • Nigel Shenoy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ, USA
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  • Thomas Findley, MD PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, New Jersey Medical School, UMDNJ, Newark, NJ, USA
    • Center for Healthcare Knowledge Management, VA Medical Center, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA
    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ 07102, USA

Received 30 November 2006 ,Revised 1 March 2007 ,Accepted 14 June 2007.

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PII: S1360-8592(07)00079-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2007.06.001

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 182-191 , April 2009

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