BIOMECHANICAL STUDY OF CERVICAL SPINE WITH PATHOLOGY

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2015

Authors

Tatiana Teixeira (Author) FEUP; Luisa Costa Sousa (Author) FEUP; Marco Parente (Author) FEUP; Renato Natal Jorge (Author) FEUP; João Gonçalves (Author) FMUP; Rolando Freitas (Author) FMUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design - M2D2015

Pages: 1595-1600

6th International Conference on Mechanics and Materials in Design

Ponta Delgada/Azores, 26-30 July 2015

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FOS: Engineering and technology

CORDIS: Technological sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-00K-MZ9

Abstract (EN): The cervical spine is one of the most complex structures of the human skeleton. The knowledge of the cervical spine kinematics is a very important tool for many clinical applications such as diagnosis, treatment and surgical interventions and for the development of new spinal implants. The finite element method (FEM) is a well-known and widely used numerical method to simulate structural behaviour of spine. The main goal of this paper was to create a 3D finite element model of cervical segment C4-C5-C6 using computed tomography (CT) data, in order to analyse and compare anterior cervical fusion and / or posterior cervical fusion as possible treatments for a fracture of type C2.2 according to the AO spine classification. As expected, with this study it was concluded that the anterior and posterior cervical fusion provides the best results when compared to the other types of cervical fusion studied.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: SYMP_13: Cardiovascular and Orthopedic Mechanics Design, Livro de resumos: ref: 5430

No. of pages: 6