End plates serve as the interface between rigid vertebral bodies and pliant intervertebral
disks. Because the lumbar spine carries significant forces and disks don't have a dedicated …

As optical fibers revolutionize the way data is carried in telecommunications, the same is
happening in the world of sensing. Fiber-optic sensors (FOS) rely on the principle of …

Chronic low back pain (LBP) is a complex, multifactorial disorder with unclear underlying
mechanisms. In humans and rodents, decreased expression of secreted protein acidic rich …

Background: The intervertebral disc has been implicated as a major cause of chronic lumbar
spinal pain based on clinical, basic science, and epidemiological research. There is …

Purpose The aims were to investigate if the detection of high-intensity zones (HIZ) is affected
by axial load, and to study the correlation between HIZ and discogenic pain provoked with …

Abstract Background Context Total lumbar disc replacement (TDR) intends to avoid fusion-
related negative side effects by means of motion preservation. Despite their widespread use …

Study Design. Observational in vivo clinical study. Objective. To investigate whether
intradiscal pressure is transferred to adjacent discs during clinical discography in subjects …

Purpose Discogenic pain is induced by axial load, but there are no studies evaluating the
influence of dynamic MRI in relation to provoked pain at discography. The aim of this study …

This chapter introduces the use of fiber optic sensors in biomechanics applications. It starts
by presenting the field of biomechanics and the technical reasons that make fiber optic …

The diagnosis and treatment of discogenic back pain is challenging. Provocation
discography, an invasive spinal procedure, has been suggested as a diagnostic test for …