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Analysis on the Effect of Lordosis Changes at Lumbar Joint using 3-dimensional Musculoskeletal Model  

Bae, Tae-Soo (Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Engineering Center)
Kim, Shin-Ki (Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Engineering Center)
Ryu, Je-Chung (Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Engineering Center)
Mun, Mu-Seong (Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Engineering Center)
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Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering / v.26, no.10, 2009 , pp. 116-121 More about this Journal
Abstract
It is important to consider lumbar lordotic angle for setup of training program in field of sports and rehabilitaton to prevent unexpected posture deviation and back pain. The purpose of this study was to analyze the biomechanical impact of the level of lumbar lordosis angle during isokinetic exercise through dynamic analysis using a 3-dimensional musculoskeletal model. We made each models for normal lordosis, excessive lordosis, lumbar kyphosis, and hypo-lordosis according to lordotic angle and inputted experimental data as initial values to perform inverse dynamic analysis. Comparing the joint torques, the largest torque of excessive lordosis was 16.6% larger and lumbar kyphosis was 11.7% less than normal lordosis. There existed no significant difference in the compressive intervertebral forces of each lumbar joint (p>0.05), but statistically significant difference in the anterioposterior shear force (p<0.05). For system energy lumbar kyphosis required the least and most energy during flexion and extension respectively. Therefore during the rehabilitation process, more efficient training will be possible by taking into consideration not simply weight and height but biomechanical effects on the skeletal muscle system according to lumbar lordosis angles.
Keywords
Lumbar Lordosis; Musculoskeletal Model; Isokinetic Exercise; Inverse Dynamic Analysis;
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