青少年特发性脊柱侧弯全脊柱的有限元模态分析

Finite element modal analysis of whole spine in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis

背景:人体处于振动环境时,会引起脊柱损伤,特别是脊柱侧弯患者,目前尚未涉及脊柱侧弯患者T1-骨盆全脊柱在自由状态下的固有模态信息。目的:利用有限元方法分析脊柱侧弯患者全脊柱的动力学特性。方法:基于CT扫描图像建立1例11岁胸腰双弯脊柱侧弯患者T1-骨盆全脊柱三维有限元模型,胸腰段侧弯Cobb角分别为36°和24°,利用有限元方法进行全脊柱自由状态下的模态分析。结果与结论:提取脊柱的15阶自由模态,获得侧弯全脊柱的动态特性:脊柱共振频率分布集中,胸椎段为全脊柱模型变形最严重的椎段,胸弯曲椎体比腰弯曲椎体振幅大。模态分析脊柱侧弯患者处于振动环境中的振动特性,确定侧弯脊柱的固有频率、振型和振幅等振动参数,对脊柱侧弯的振动特性分析等方面具有重要意义。

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.