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  • 1Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. concettamorino@gmail.com.

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Low back pain (LBP) risk from repeated flexion-compression is similar in humans and pigs. However, porcine models show greater tolerance, with human failure occurring 25% faster than in pigs under similar stress.

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  • Animal models are crucial for understanding in vivo injury mechanisms, but require interspecies scaling for human relevance.

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  • To determine lumbar endplate fracture risk in human and porcine functional spinal units (FSUs) under repeated flexion-compression.
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  • To establish an interspecies scale factor for relating porcine lumbar injury data to humans.

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  • Human (n=16) and porcine (n=20) lumbar FSUs were subjected to repeated flexion-compression at 1 Hz.
  • Loading parameters included flexion from 0-6° and peak compressive stress ranging from 0.65-2.38 MPa (human) and 0.64-4.68 MPa (porcine).
  • Injury risk curves and time-to-failure were analyzed to compare human and porcine responses.

    • Main Results:

    • Observed injuries in 5 human and 12 porcine specimens.
    • Overlapping confidence intervals for 50% injury risk curves in humans and pigs suggest similar failure behaviors.
    • Porcine specimens exhibited greater tolerance, with human time-to-failure approximately 25% of porcine time-to-failure at equivalent stresses.

    Conclusions:

    • Human and porcine lumbar endplate fracture risks are comparable under repeated flexion-compression.
    • Porcine models demonstrate higher tolerance to this loading condition compared to humans.
    • The developed interspecies scale factor enables scaling of porcine lumbar injury data for human applications in design and safety standards.