Abstract：
:The mechanism of vertebral wedge fractures remains unclear and may relate to typical variations in the mechanical behavior of the intervertebral disc. To gain insight, we tested 16 individual whole discs (between levels T8 and L5) from nine cadavers (mean±SD: 66±16 years), loaded in compression at different rates (0.05-20.0% strain/s), to measure a homogenized "effective" linear elastic modulus of the entire disc. The measured effective modulus, and average disc height, were then input and varied parametrically in micro-CT-based finite element models (60-μm element size, up to 80 million elements each) of six T9 human vertebrae that were virtually loaded to 3° of moderate forward-flexion via a homogenized disc. Across all specimens and loading rates, the measured effective modulus of the disc ranged from 5.8 to 42.7MPa and was significantly higher for higher rates of loading (p<0.002); average disc height ranged from 2.9 to 9.3mm. The parametric finite element analysis indicated that, as disc modulus increased and disc height decreased across these ranges, the vertebral bone stresses increased but their spatial distribution was largely unchanged: most of the highest stresses occurred in the central trabecular bone and endplates, and not anteriorly. Taken together with the literature, our findings suggest that the effective modulus of the human intervertebral disc should rarely exceed 100MPa and that typical variations in disc effective modulus (and less so, height) minimally influence the spatial distribution but can appreciably influence the magnitude of stress within the vertebral body.
journal_name
J Biomechjournal_title
Journal of biomechanicsauthors
Yang H,Jekir MG,Davis MW,Keaveny TMdoi
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.02.045subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-05-03 00:00:00pages
1134-1140issue
7eissn
0021-9290issn
1873-2380pii
S0021-9290(16)30228-7journal_volume
49pub_type
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