Incorporation of CT‐based measurements of trunk anatomy into subject‐specific musculoskeletal models of the spine influences vertebral loading predictions

• Published in: Journal of orthopaedic research Vol. 35; no. 10; pp. 2164 - 2173
• Main Authors: Bruno, Alexander G., Mokhtarzadeh, Hossein, Allaire, Brett T., Velie, Kelsey R., De Paolis Kaluza, M. Clara, Anderson, Dennis E., Bouxsein, Mary L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Biological; Muscle, Skeletal - diagnostic imaging; Muscle, Skeletal - physiology; musculoskeletal model; Spine - diagnostic imaging; Spine - physiology; spine curvature; subject‐specific; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; trunk muscle morphology; vertebral loading; Weight-Bearing; subject-specific; vertebral loading; trunk muscle morphology; musculoskeletal model; spine curvature

ABSTRACT We created subject‐specific musculoskeletal models of the thoracolumbar spine by incorporating spine curvature and muscle morphology measurements from computed tomography (CT) scans to determine the degree to which vertebral compressive and shear loading estimates are sensitive to variation...