Table 2.
Digitally measured soft tissue volumes in [mm3] and modeled effective normal forces (FN in [μN]) of the glycogen body, in order of vertebrae
| Vertebra | Measure [unit] | S4 | S3 | S2 | S1 | L4 | L3 | L2 | ∑(S4, …, L2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spinal cord | Volume [mm3] | 2.8 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 11.8 | 10.7 | 10.2 | 52.4 |
| Glycogen body | Volume [mm3] | – | – | 1.4 | 6.8 | 4.8 | – | – | 13.0 |
| CSF | Volume [mm3] | 3.3 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 14.3 | 10.8 | 64.6 |
| Spinal canal/∑ | Volume [mm3] | 6.1 | 9.5 | 15.2 | 25.8 | 27.4 | 25.0 | 21.0 | 130.0 |
| Glycogen body | F(N, eff , 1.40)[μN] | – | – | 5.5 | 26.7 | 18.8 | – | – | 51.0 |