• Department of Orthopaedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, P. R. China;
LIU Limin, Email: 18980601394@163.com
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ObjectiveTo completely establish a three-dimensional (3D) simulation model of degenerative lumbar scoliosis (DLS) with the whole lumbar segments, then to analyze the biomechanical changes of the scoliosis segments by finite element analysis.MethodsA case of DLS patient was selected with L1-5 segments of CT scanning data, which was imported into MIMICS 15, SolidWorks, Hyper-Mesh software to establish a 3D simulation model, and ANSYS 15 was used to analyze the model. At the same time, different material properties and boundary loading conditions were assigned to various structures to simulate the actual human body conditions.ResultsThe 3D model built a total of 856 154 units and 232 850 nodes, including the reconstruction of fine vertebral bodies, intervertebral disc tissue, structure of various ligaments and joint cartilages. Under the load and torque, the range of whole lumbar segments was decreased, in the stress distribution on the four discs: the L2/3 intervertebral disc stress value (3.320 MPa) > L 4/5 intervertebral disc stress value (0.783 MPa) > L 3/4 intervertebral disc stress value (0.551 MPa) > L 1/2 intervertebral disc stress value (0.462 MPa). The stress distribution of the vertebral body showed that, L5 vertebral stress (34.0 MPa) > L 4 (33.6 MPa) >L 3 (30.0 MPa) > L 1 (23.3 MPa) > L 2 (22.4 MPa).ConclusionThe range of motion of the six degrees of freedom of the lumbar spine in DLS is decreased, the local stress distribution of the lumbar spine is abnormal, and the abnormal stress changes of the apical vertebral body and the top intervertebral disc may be the biomechanical basis for the occurrence or progression of DLS.

Citation: ZHOU Shilian, HU Xingxin, YANG Xi, LIU Limin. Finite element analysis of biomechanics of degenerative lumbar scoliosis under six kinds of motion conditions. West China Medical Journal, 2018, 33(9): 1099-1105. doi: 10.7507/1002-0179.201808033 Copy

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