Shear stiffness in the lower cervical spine: Effect of sequential posterior element injury
| Autor: | Remco J Doodkorte, Angela D. Melnyk, Thomas R. Oxland, Peter A. Cripton, Jennifer J Dowling-Medley |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Facet (geometry) Materials science Shear stiffness 0206 medical engineering 02 engineering and technology Kinematics Zygapophyseal Joint Weight-Bearing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans Range of Motion Articular Orthodontics Mechanical Engineering Biomechanics Stiffness General Medicine Middle Aged musculoskeletal system 020601 biomedical engineering Cervical spine Biomechanical Phenomena Shear (geology) Ligaments Articular Cervical Vertebrae medicine.symptom 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine. 234(2) |
| ISSN: | 2041-3033 |
| Popis: | The aim of this study was to determine the effect of the posterior ligaments and facet joints on the shear stiffness of lower cervical functional spinal units in anterior, posterior, and lateral shear. Five functional spinal units were loaded in anterior, posterior, and right lateral shear up to 100 N using a custom-designed apparatus in a materials testing machine. Specimens were tested in three conditions: intact, with the posterior ligaments severed, and with the facet joints removed. There was a significant decrease in anterior stiffness in the 20–100 N load range from 186 (range: 98–327) N/mm in the intact condition to 105 (range: 78–142) N/mm in the disc-only condition (p = 0.03). Posterior stiffness between these condition decreased significantly from 134 (range: 92–182) N/mm to 119 (range: 83–181) N/mm (p = 0.03). There was no significant effect of posterior ligament removal on shear stiffness. No significant differences were found in the lateral direction or in the 0–20 N range for any direction. Under a 100-N shear load, the facet joints played a significant role in the stiffness of the cervical spine in the anterior–posterior direction, but not in the lateral direction. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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