Influence of spinal disc translational stiffness on the lumbar spinal loads, ligament forces and trunk muscle forces during upper body inclination

Inverse dynamic musculoskeletal models are frequently used to predict the joints reactions, bending moments and trunk muscle forces for different body movements and postures [1,2]. These findings are helpful in many areas such as work place safety design, ergonomics, injury prevention, performance enhancement, implant design and rehabilitation management. Due to large scale of musculoskeletal multibody models, involving several rigid body segments connected by mechanical joints, including muscle tendon complexes and ligaments, many of the modeling aspects are simplified.
Source: Medical Engineering and Physics - Category: Biomedical Engineering Authors: Source Type: research