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Lu Y, Liu Y, Wu C. [Influence analysis of aging of spinal segment on the mechanical behavior of vertebral cortex]. Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi. 2017;34(3):371-376doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.201608050.
Lu, Y., Liu, Y., & Wu, C. (2017). [Influence analysis of aging of spinal segment on the mechanical behavior of vertebral cortex]. Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi, 34(3), 371-376. https://doi.org/10.7507/1001-5515.201608050
Lu, Yongtao, et al. "[Influence analysis of aging of spinal segment on the mechanical behavior of vertebral cortex]." Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi vol. 34,3 (2017): 371-376. doi: https://doi.org/10.7507/1001-5515.201608050
Lu Y, Liu Y, Wu C. [Influence analysis of aging of spinal segment on the mechanical behavior of vertebral cortex]. Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi. 2017 Jun 01;34(3):371-376. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.201608050. Chinese. PMID: 29745502.
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Sheng Wu Yi Xue Gong Cheng Xue Za Zhi. 2017 Jun 01;34(3):371-376. doi: 10.7507/1001-5515.201608050.

[Influence analysis of aging of spinal segment on the mechanical behavior of vertebral cortex].

Sheng wu yi xue gong cheng xue za zhi = Journal of biomedical engineering = Shengwu yixue gongchengxue zazhi

[Article in Chinese]
Yongtao Lu, Yue Liu, Chengwei Wu

Affiliations

  1. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning 116024, [email protected].
  2. Department of Engineering Mechanics, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, Liaoning 116024, P.R.China.

PMID: 29745502 DOI: 10.7507/1001-5515.201608050

Abstract

The risk of vertebral cortical shell fracture increases with aging. However, it remains unclear how aging contributes to cortex fracture at present. The aim of this study is to make understanding of the mechanism of how the spinal aging influences the cortical shell strain. Two finite element (FE) models of spinal segments (mildly and fully aged) were created, and then were compared to the FE models of the healthy spinal segment. The FE models of the aged spinal segments were generated by modifying both the geometry of the intervertebral disc (IVD) and the material properties of the spinal components. To find out under which case the cortical shell strain was influenced more, we created two types of FE model comparison methods: one with changes only in the spinal material properties and the other with changes only in the IVD geometry. The results showed that the cortical shell strains increased with aging and that compared to the changes of IVD geometry, the changes of spinal material property have a higher influence on the cortical shell strains. This study may suggest that for the prevention and treatment of vertebral cortex fracture, the augmentation of the vertebral body is a more effective treatment.

Keywords: aging; cortex strain; finite element analysis; strain measurement; vertebra

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