Lumbar spinal finite element analysis in a gravity environment

Kerun Li; Junhua Zhang; Jianbo Jiang; Shanshan Ma

doi:10.1117/12.2244610

29 August 2016 Lumbar spinal finite element analysis in a gravity environment

Kerun Li, Junhua Zhang, Jianbo Jiang, Shanshan Ma

Proceedings Volume 10033, Eighth International Conference on Digital Image Processing (ICDIP 2016); 100334H (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2244610
Event: Eighth International Conference on Digital Image Processing (ICDIP 2016), 2016, Chengu, China

Abstract

Finite element analysis employed for the adjuvant treatment of spinal diseases has yet to consider the effect of gravity on analytical results. This article simulates the gravity environment on the simulated spine of a standing human body to employ finite element analysis and calculate the changes in stress and node displacement of the lumbar spine. Analytical and calculation results demonstrate that in standing pose with the gravity, the stress distribution of each vertebral body surface is five to six times of that of the intervertebral disc, and for the small joint node, the stress and displacement is increased mostly by 16.57% or decreased mostly by 72.36%.

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Kerun Li, Junhua Zhang, Jianbo Jiang, and Shanshan Ma "Lumbar spinal finite element analysis in a gravity environment", Proc. SPIE 10033, Eighth International Conference on Digital Image Processing (ICDIP 2016), 100334H (29 August 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2244610

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