Application of a calibration method provides more realistic results for a finite element model of a lumbar spinal segment

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-384

  Schmidt, Hendrik ^a   Heuer, Frank ^a   Drumm, Joerg ^b   Klezl, Zdenek ^c   Claes, Lutz ^a   Wilke, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calibration; Finite element analysis; Lumbar spine; Material parameter; Spinal ligaments; Validation

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; CALIBRATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LIGAMENTS;

LUMBAR SPINE; MATERIAL PARAMETERS; SPINAL LIGAMENTS; VALIDATION;

MEDICAL COMPUTING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CALIBRATION; EVALUATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; LUMBAR SPINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SPINE MALFORMATION; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33947704276     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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