Background: Adjacent vertebral fracture (AVF) is a frequently observed complication after
percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) in patients with osteoporotic vertebral compressive …

In this paper, a Unified-Implementation of smoothed finite element method (UI-SFEM) is
presented for analyzing large deformations of complex biological tissues using automatically …

MRI-based mathematical and computational modeling studies can contribute to a better
understanding of the mechanisms governing cartilage's mechanical performance and …

The mismatch between bony endplates (BEPs) and grafted bone (GB) triggers several
complications biomechanically. However, no published study has identified whether this …

Abstract Purpose of Review We aimed to synthesize the recent work on the intra-vertebral
heterogeneity in density, trabecular architecture and mechanical properties, its implications …

Tissues in the intervertebral disc have a large capacity to absorb water, partially due to the
high glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content, which decreases linearly from the nucleus pulposus …

The vertebral body's Hounsfield unit (HU) value can credibly reflect patients' bone mineral
density (BMD). Given that poor bone-screw integration initially triggers screw loosening and …

Despite the critical functions the human cartilage endplate (CEP) plays in the intervertebral
disc, little is known about its structural and mechanical properties and their changes with …

Study Design Mechanical simulations. Objective Inadequate calibration of annuli negatively
affects the computational accuracy of finite element (FE) models. Specifically, the definition …

Collagen fibers within the annulus fibrosus (AF) lamellae are unidirectionally aligned with
alternating orientations between adjacent layers. AF constitutive models often combine two …