Estimation of spinal motion and load for human full-body motion. Abstract

INTRODUCTION Back pain is the second most common reason for chronic pain syndromes [1]. About 60% of all germans complained about back pain in the last years [1]. One factor therefor, besides muscle tensions and sceletal-diseases, can be overload of the spine. In fact there is a lack of studies about the loads between the vertebrae of the spine during human movement. Therefore, the aim of this study is to apply a new coupling between experimental and computational techniques, including a detailed spinal model, and to receive informations about spinal motion and loads during human motion.