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Table 2.

The material properties used to model the bone and soft tissues. The bony material properties are based on human material properties taken from literature.

Material Young's Modulus (MPa) Poisson's Ratio Reference
Cortical Bone 10000 0.30 Kallemeyn et al.8
Cancellous Bone 450 0.25 Kallemeyn et al.8
Posterior Bone 3500 0.25 Kallemeyn et al.8
Ligaments Nonlinear (Hypoelastic) 0.30 DeVries20
Nucleus Fluid Kallemeyn et al.8
Annulus Grounds Nonlinear (Yeoh Hyperelastic) 0.45 Fujita el al.25, Ambrosetti-Giudici et al. 29
Annulus Fibers Nonlinear (Hypoelastic) 0.30 Kallemeyn et al.8