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Incorporation of spinal flexibility measurements into finite element analysis
M G Gardner-Morse1, J P Laible, I A Stokes
1Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Vermont, Burlington 05405.
Journal of Biomechanical Engineering
|November 1, 1990
Abstract:
This technical note demonstrates two methods of incorporating the experimental stiffness of spinal motion segments into a finite element analysis of the spine. The first method is to incorporate the experimental data directly as a stiffness matrix. The second method approximates the experimental data as a beam element.