Biomechanical Study of Lumbar Spine Under Different Vibration Conditions_Journal of Biomedical Engineering

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XIANGPin ¹ , DUChengfei ¹ , MOZhongjun ¹ , GONGHe ¹ ,  WANGLizhen ¹ , FANYubo ^1,2

1. Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China;
2. National Research Center for Rehabilitation Technical Aids, Beijing 100176, China;

Corresponding author：

WANGLizhen, Email: lizhenwang@buaa.edu.cn

Keywords：

biomechanics; vibration; lumbar spine; finite element analysis

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10.7507/1001-5515.20150009

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We observed the effect of vibration parameters on lumbar spine under different vibration conditions using finite element analysis method in our laboratory. In this study, the CT-images of L1-L5 segments were obtained. All images were used to develop 3D geometrical model using the Mimics10.01 (Materialise, Belgium). Then it was modified using Geomagic Studio12.0 (Raindrop Geomagic Inc. USA). Finite element (FE) mesh model was generated by Hypermesh11.0 (Altair Engineering, Inc. USA) and Abaqus. Abaqus was used to calculate the stress distribution of L1-L5 under different vibration conditions. It was found that in a vibration cycle, tensile stress was occurred on lumbar vertebra mainly. Stress distributed evenly and stress concentration occurred on the left rear side of the upper endplate. The stress had no obvious changes under different frequencies, but the stress was higher when amplitude was greater. In conclusion, frequency and amplitude parameters have little effect on the stress distribution in vertebra. The stress magnitude is positively correlated with the amplitude.

Citation： XIANGPin, DUChengfei, MOZhongjun, GONGHe, WANGLizhen, FANYubo. Biomechanical Study of Lumbar Spine Under Different Vibration Conditions. Journal of Biomedical Engineering, 2015, 32(1): 48-54. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.20150009 Copy

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2. HUGHES B D. Calcium supplementation and bone loss: a review of controlled clinical trials[J]. Am J Clin Nutr, 1991, 54(Suppl 1): S274-S280.
3. ENSRUD K E, PALERMO L, BLACK D M, et al. Hip and calcaneal bone loss increase with advancing age: longitudinal results from the study of osteoporotic fractures[J]. J Bone Miner Res, 1995, 10(11): 1778-1787.
4. HANNAN M T, FELSON D T, ANDERSON J J. Bone mineral density in elderly men and women: results from the Framingham osteoporosis study[J]. J Bone Miner Res, 1992, 7(5): 547-553.
5. SEEMAN E, TSALAMANDRIS C, BASS S, et al. Present and future of osteoporosis therapy[J]. Bone, 1995, 17(Suppl 2): S23-S29.
6. HIRANO T, TURNER C H, FORWOOD M R, et al. Does suppression of bone turnover impair mechanical properties by allowing microdamage accumulation?[J]. Bone, 2000, 27(1): 13-20.
7. PANKOKE S, HOFMANN J, WÖLFEL H P. Determination of vibration-related spinal loads by numerical simulation[J]. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon), 2001, 16(Suppl 1): S45-S56.
8. VERSCHUEREN S M, ROELANTS M, DELECLUSE C, et al. Effect of 6-month whole body vibration training on hip density, muscle strength, and postural control in postmenopausal women: a randomized controlled pilot study[J]. J Bone Miner Res, 2004, 19(3): 352-359.
9. RUBIN C, TURNER A S, BAIN S, et al. Anabolism. low mechanical signals strengthen long bones[J]. Nature, 2001, 412(6847): 603-604.
10. CARDINALE M, RITTWEGER J. Vibration exercise makes your muscles and bones stronger: fact or fiction?[J]. J Br Menopause Soc, 2006, 12(1): 12-18.
11. RUBIN C, TURNER A S, MÜLLER R, et al. Quantity and quality of trabecular bone in the femur are enhanced by a strongly anabolic, noninvasive mechanical intervention[J]. J Bone Miner Res, 2002, 17(2): 349-357.
12. RUBIN C, TURNER A S, MALLINCKRODT C, et al. Mechanical strain, induced noninvasively in the high-frequency domain, is anabolic to cancellous bone, but not cortical bone[J]. Bone, 2002, 30(3): 445-452.
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21. KURUTZ M, OROSZVÁRY L. Finite element analysis of weightbath hydrotraction treatment of degenerated lumbar spine segments in elastic phase[J]. J Biomech, 2010, 43(3): 433-441.
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35. 宫赫, 张明, 朱东, 等.62岁和69岁椎体松质骨表观弹性模量与骨量的关系[J].清华大学学报:自然科学版, 2007, 47(8):1393-1396.

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