The mechanical response of intervertebral joints is deeply influenced by disc degeneration. The phenomenon is expressed in terms of variations in the biomechanical properties of the material, whose compressibility characteristics change because of the liquid content loss in the tissue and, what is even more important, to prolapse. In this work, the problem is investigated by means of a computational mechanics approach; a coupled material and geometric non-linear model is developed, representing vertebra, annulus and nucleus submitted to an axial load. A transversely isotropic law is assumed for cortical bone in the vertebral body and an isotropic law for the cancellous portion; a hyperelastic formulation is assumed for the disc, allowing effective interpretation of the mechanical characteristics of degeneration. The results obtained are reported with regard to bony endplate and annulus behaviour; interaction phenomena between bony endplate and nucleus are emphasized.
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