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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Spine J. 2016 Aug 9;17(1):109–119. doi: 10.1016/j.spinee.2016.08.014

Table 3.

Mean calculated Cauchy stress (kPa) at each nine nodes spanning the posterior facet capsular ligament surface at maximum flexion

(kPa) Node 1 Node 2 Node 3 Node 4 Node 5 Node 6 Node 7 Node 8 Node 9
σXX   1.6 −30. −0.038   0.14   33.   0.014   0.0098   69.   0.55
σYY   0.94 −11.   0.00026   0.29 −19.   0.026   0.011   68.   0.031
σZZ   1.8   −8.1   0.021   0.011   −1.1   0.022   0.0099     0.19   0.52
σXY −0.76     9.6 −0.018 −0.17   45. −0.0015   0.00081   91. −0.15
σYZ   0.13   −0.34   0.0062 −0.082   −5.5 −0.00048 −0.0011   14.   0.42
σXZ −1.5   −0.49 −0.0091 −0.12   −1.5 −0.0099 −0.0016   15.   1.5
σ1   3.4   −2.4   0.030   0.47   60.   0.038   0.015 180   2.2
σ2   1.0 −12.   0.0033   0.062   −0.95   0.023   0.0099   −8.6   0.16
σ3 −0.082 −34. −0.050 −0.085 −46.   0.0016   0.0053 −36. −1.3