Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2014 Jun 6;47(11):2633–2640. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2014.05.018

Figure 9. Effect of Nucleotomy.

Figure 9

Nucleotomy decreased compression modulus (A), increased compressive strain (B), decreased neutral zone modulus at the initial and recovery hydration states and increased neutral zone modulus at the cyclic hydration state (C), and increased neutral zone strain (D). These findings indicate that nucleotomy induces hypermobility regardless of the disc’s hydration state. Solid = Intact, Checkered = Nucleotomy. *p < 0.05, #p < 0.1