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Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing IV – João Tavares & Natal Jorge (eds)
© 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00081-0
Engineering support for the spine with spondylolisthesis treatment
M. Gzik & K. Joszko
Department of Biomechatronics, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Silesian University of Technology,
Gliwice, Poland
J. Pieniążek
Regional Specialised Hospital No.4, Bytom, Poland
ABSTRACT: The work formulates dynamic models of the human lumbar spine, including the sacral
bone, L1-L5 vertebrae, main stabilizing ligaments, discs and intervertebral facet joints in MADYMO
program. Two models were worked out: first the physiological one which was verified on the basis of lit-
erature data and next model of potholo ...