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Finite element modelling of the human lumbar vertebral column employs data-processing procedures for study of the linear and nonlinear elasticity of materials such as are currently used in mechanics or in civil engineering. Thanks to developments in computer science, requiring a close collaboration between doctors and engineers, we put forward in this preliminary study a linear computerised model of the lumbar column comprising 4824 meshes and 6813 nodes. By reducing the simplificatory hypotheses and integrating new parameters, this model as developed is capable of important clinical applications in surgery and ergonomics.
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La modélisation en éléments finis de la colonne lombaire humaine utilise les procédés informatisés d'étude de l'élasticité linéaire et non linéaire des matériaux telle qu'elle est couramment employée en mécanique ou en génie civil. Grâce au développement de l'informatique, nécessitant une collaboration étroite entre médecins et ingénieurs, nous proposons, dans cette étude préliminaire, un modèle informatisé linéaire de la colonne lombaire comportant 4824 mailles et 6813 noeuds. En réduisant les hypothèses simplificatrices et en intégrant de nouveaux paramètres, ce modèle évolué est susceptible d'importantes applications cliniques en chirurgie et en ergonomie.
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Vanneuville, G., Cluzel, P., Massaux, M. et al. A model of the human lumbar vertebral column: a preliminary study. Surg Radiol Anat 17, 53–57 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01629500
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