TY - JFULL AU - Harcharan Singh Ranu PY - 2013/7/ TI - Why We Are Taller in the Morning than Going to Bed at Night – An in vivo and in vitro Study T2 - International Journal of Biomedical and Biological Engineering SP - 274 EP - 278 VL - 7 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/4357 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 78, 2013 N2 - Intradiscal and intervertebral pressure transducers were developed. They were used to map the pressures in the nucleus and within the annulus of the human spinal segments. Their stressrelaxation were recorded over a period of time for nucleus pressure, applied load, and peripherial strain against time. The results show that for normal discs, pressures in the nucleus are viscoelastic in nature with the applied compressive load. Mechanical strains which develop around the periphery of the vertebral body are also viscoelastic with the applied compressive load. Applied compressive load against time also shows viscoelastic behavior. However, annulus does not respond viscoelastically with the applied load. It showed a linear response to compressive loading. ER -