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. 2022 Sep 8;10:978917. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.978917

TABLE 2.

Material properties of finite element analysis models.

Young modulus (MPa) Poisson ratio Element type References
Bone
 Normal vertebral body 0.69ρ1.35 0.3 C3D4 Rho et al. (1995)
 Osteoporotic vertebral body (0.69ρ1.35) a 67% 0.3 C3D4 (Polikeit et al., 2003d), (Salvatore et al., 2018)
 Normal endplate 1000 0.4 C3D8 Bereczki et al. (2021)
 Osteoporotic endplate 670 (67% of normal) 0.4 C3D8 Salvatore et al. (2018)
 Intervertebral disc C3D8 Wang and Guo, (2021)
 Annulus ground substance 4.2 0.45
 Nucleus pulposus 1 0.499
 Ligaments spring Guo et al. (2020c)
 ALL a 20 0.3
 PLL a 20 0.3
 LF a 19.5 0.3
 ITL a 59 0.3
 ISL a 12 0.3
 SSL a 15 0.3
 CL a 7.5 0.3
 Bone cement (PMMA a ) 3000 0.4 C3D4 Yang et al. (2016a)
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ALL, anterior longitudinal ligament; PLL, posterior longitudinal ligament; LF, ligamentum flavum; ITL, intertransverse ligament; ISL, interspinous ligament; SSL, supraspinous ligament; CL, capsular ligament; PMMA, polymethylmethacrylate.