Subject-specific biomechanics of trunk: musculoskeletal scaling, internal loads and intradiscal pressure estimation

Sagittal range of motion of the thoracic spine using inertial tracking device and effect of measurement errors on model predictions

(2016) M. Hajibozorgi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Comparative evaluation of six quantitative lifting tools to estimate spine loads during static activities

(2015) Mohammad Ali Rajaee et al.   APPLIED ERGONOMICS

Intervertebral reaction force prediction using an enhanced assembly of OpenSim models

(2015) Marco Senteler et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Finite elements/Taguchi method based procedure for the identification of the geometrical parameters significantly affecting the biomechanical behavior of a lumbar disc

(2015) N. Cappetti et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

Incorporating Six Degree-of-Freedom Intervertebral Joint Stiffness in a Lumbar Spine Musculoskeletal Model—Method and Performance in Flexed Postures

(2015) Xiangjie Meng et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

A Cervico-Thoraco-Lumbar Multibody Dynamic Model for the Estimation of Joint Loads and Muscle Forces

(2015) Tsolmonbaatar Khurelbaatar et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Development and Validation of a Musculoskeletal Model of the Fully Articulated Thoracolumbar Spine and Rib Cage

(2015) Alexander G. Bruno et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICAL ENGINEERING-TRANSACTIONS OF THE ASME

Effect of body weight on spinal loads in various activities: A personalized biomechanical modeling approach

(2015) M. Hajihosseinali et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

In vivo implant forces acting on a vertebral body replacement during upper body flexion

(2015) Marcel Dreischarf et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Effect of lower-limb joint models on subject-specific musculoskeletal models and simulations of daily motor activities

(2015) Giordano Valente et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Trunk active response and spinal forces in sudden forward loading – analysis of the role of perturbation load and pre-perturbation conditions by a kinematics-driven model

(2015) Ali Shahvarpour et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Sensitivity of femoral strain calculations to anatomical scaling errors in musculoskeletal models of movement

(2015) Saulo Martelli et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Computation of trunk stability in forward perturbations—Effects of preload, perturbation load, initial flexion and abdominal preactivation

(2015) Ali Shahvarpour et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Comparison of trunk muscle forces, spinal loads and stability estimated by one stability- and three EMG-assisted optimization approaches

(2015) Yousef Mohammadi et al.   MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS

Effect of intervertebral translational flexibilities on estimations of trunk muscle forces, kinematics, loads, and stability

(2014) Farshid Ghezelbash et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

A statistical human rib cage geometry model accounting for variations by age, sex, stature and body mass index

(2014) Xiangnan Shi et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Obesity Is Associated With Reduced Disc Height in the Lumbar Spine but Not at the Lumbosacral Junction

(2014) Donna M. Urquhart et al.   SPINE

Monitoring the load on a telemeterised vertebral body replacement for a period of up to 65 months

(2013) A. Rohlmann et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

Trunk strength, muscle activity and spinal loads in maximum isometric flexion and extension exertions: A combined in vivo-computational study

(2013) Z. El Ouaaid et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Subject-specific knee joint geometry improves predictions of medial tibiofemoral contact forces

(2013) Pauline Gerus et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Intervertebral Disc Changes after 1 h of Running: A Study on Athletes

(2013) AT Dimitriadis et al.   JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH

Is it possible to estimate the compressive force in the lumbar spine from intradiscal pressure measurements? A finite element evaluation

(2013) Marcel Dreischarf et al.   MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS

Aging changes in lumbar discs and vertebrae and their interaction: a 15-year follow-up study

(2013) Tapio Videman et al.   Spine Journal

Geometry strongly influences the response of numerical models of the lumbar spine—A probabilistic finite element analysis

(2012) Frank Niemeyer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Lumbar spinal loads vary with body height and weight

(2012) Kap-Soo Han et al.   MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS

Intervertebral Disc Height Changes After Weight Reduction in Morbidly Obese Patients and Its Effect on Quality of Life and Radicular and Low Back Pain

(2012) Zvi Lidar et al.   SPINE

A Musculoskeletal model for the lumbar spine

(2011) Miguel Christophy et al.   Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Physical activity and low back pain: a systematic review of recent literature

(2011) Hans Heneweer et al.   EUROPEAN SPINE JOURNAL

An EMG-based model to estimate lumbar muscle forces and spinal loads during complex, high-effort tasks: Development and application to residential construction using prefabricated walls

(2011) Bochen Jia et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS

An improved multi-joint EMG-assisted optimization approach to estimate joint and muscle forces in a musculoskeletal model of the lumbar spine

(2011) Denis Gagnon et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Regressions for estimating muscle parameters in the thoracic and lumbar trunk for use in musculoskeletal modeling

(2011) Dennis E. Anderson et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

An enhanced and validated generic thoraco-lumbar spine model for prediction of muscle forces

(2011) Kap-Soo Han et al.   MEDICAL ENGINEERING & PHYSICS

Influence of Interpersonal Geometrical Variation on Spinal Motion Segment Stiffness

(2011) Gerdine J. M. Meijer et al.   SPINE

Biomechanical Contribution of the Rib Cage to Thoracic Stability

(2011) Leonardo B. C. Brasiliense et al.   SPINE

Predictive equations to estimate spinal loads in symmetric lifting tasks

(2010) N. Arjmand et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Dynamic Angular Three-Dimensional Measurement of Multisegmental Thoracolumbar Motion In Vivo

(2010) Erol Gercek et al.   SPINE

Transient analysis of trunk response in sudden release loading using kinematics-driven finite element model

(2009) B. Bazrgari et al.   CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS

Comparison of trunk muscle forces and spinal loads estimated by two biomechanical models

(2009) N. Arjmand et al.   CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS

A novel approach to evaluate abdominal coactivities for optimal spinal stability and compression force in lifting

(2009) Z. El Ouaaid et al.   COMPUTER METHODS IN BIOMECHANICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING

A comparative study of two trunk biomechanical models under symmetric and asymmetric loadings

(2009) N. Arjmand et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Trunk biomechanics during maximum isometric axial torque exertions in upright standing

(2008) N. Arjmand et al.   CLINICAL BIOMECHANICS

The in vivo three-dimensional motion of the human lumbar spine during gait

(2008) Adam Rozumalski et al.   GAIT & POSTURE

Calculated moment-arm and muscle-tendon lengths during gait differ substantially using MR based versus rescaled generic lower-limb musculoskeletal models

(2008) Lennart Scheys et al.   GAIT & POSTURE

Quantification of age-related shape change of the human rib cage through geometric morphometrics

(2008) Francis S. Gayzik et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS

Anatomy and biomechanics of quadratus lumborum

(2008) S Phillips et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART H-JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING IN MEDICINE

Computation of trunk equilibrium and stability in free flexion–extension movements at different velocities

(2007) B. Bazrgari et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOMECHANICS