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Use Of A Spine Robot Employing A Real Time Force Control Algorithm To Develop, Simulate, And Compare Spinal Biomechanical Testing Protocols: Eccentric Loading, Pure Moment, And A Novel Head Weight Protocol, Daniel Mark Wido
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In vitro testing provides a critical tool for understanding the biomechanics of the subaxial cervical spine. Previous common testing protocols used to evaluate the subaxial cervical spine include Pure Moment (PM), follower load, and eccentric lever arm (EL) loading methods. Although these methods are widely accepted, there is always a goal to try to better simulate physiologic loading conditions. While the follower load attempts to simulate compression due to muscle activation, no previous protocol has taken into account the constant vertical force vector applied to C2 produced by the weight of the human head. Furthermore, we are unaware of previous …
Use Of A Multi-Axis Robotic Testing Platform To Investigate The Sagittal Mechanics Of The Multi-Body Lumbar Spine, Jessica Rose Stubbs
Use Of A Multi-Axis Robotic Testing Platform To Investigate The Sagittal Mechanics Of The Multi-Body Lumbar Spine, Jessica Rose Stubbs
Theses and Dissertations (ETD)
A biomechanical study was performed to compare range of motion of the multi-body lumbar spine using three different protocols: pure moment, eccentric loading, and a new method called combined loading moment. The objectives of the study were to introduce a new protocol that overcomes the limitations of previous methods by applying more realistic loading conditions and to compare the range of motion of this new protocol to those of eccentric loading and pure moment protocols within the same specimen pool. The second objective of this study was to compare the data sets of these three protocols to both in vivo …