Finite element modal analysis of whole spine in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

doi:10.12307/2024.627

Abstract

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Vibration environment can cause spinal injury, especially in patients with scoliosis. At present, there is no information about the inherent mode of the whole spine from T1 to the pelvis in scoliosis patients in the free state.
OBJECTIVE: To analyze the dynamic characteristics of the whole spine in patients with scoliosis by the finite element method.
METHODS: Based on CT scan images, a three-dimensional finite element model of the T1-pelvic total spine of an 11-year-old patient with thoracolumbar biflexion scoliosis was established, and the Cobb angles of thoracolumbar scoliosis were 36° and 24°, respectively. The mode analysis in the free state of the whole spine was carried out by the finite element method.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The fifteen-order free modes of the spine were extracted, and the dynamic characteristics of the scolio-curved spine were obtained. The resonance frequency distribution of the spine was concentrated. The thoracic vertebra was the most deformed in the whole spine model, and the amplitude of the thoracic vertebra was larger than that of the lumbar vertebra. Modal analysis was used to analyze the vibration characteristics of scoliosis patients in the vibration environment. It is of great significance to determine the natural frequency, vibration mode, and amplitude of scoliosis patients for analyzing the vibration characteristics of scoliosis.

Key words: scoliosis, modal analysis, finite element analysis, vibration, frequency

CLC Number:

Zhang Yufang, Li Shuai, Liu Ning, Guo Haiwei, Qi Xiaohua, Lyu Meng. Finite element modal analysis of whole spine in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis[J]. Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research, 2024, 28(30): 4783-4787.

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