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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 97-B, Issue SUPP_2 | Pages 21 - 21
1 Feb 2015
Pavlova A Bint-E-Siddiq A Cooper K Barr R Meakin J Aspden R
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Background and Aim

Spinal stability is associated with low back pain and affects the spines ability to support loads. Stability can be achieved if the applied force follows the curvature of the spine, passing close to the vertebral centroids. Previously we showed that calculated muscle forces required for stability in an idealised model increased with increasing and more evenly distributed lumbar curvatures. The purpose of this study was to calculate the muscle forces required for stability in standing in a group of healthy adults.

Methods

Positional MRI was used to acquire sagittal images of the lumbar spine in a standing posture in 30 healthy adults. Sacral inclination was measured and active shape modelling used to characterise lumbar spine shape. A two-dimensional model of the lumbar spine was constructed using vertebral centroid positions and a simplified representation of the lumbar extensor muscles. The muscle forces required at each level to produce a follower load were calculated using a force polygon.