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Polyethylene Stresses in Lumbar Total Joint Replacement Under Elevated Loading: Insights from an Anatomic Finite Element Model

Steven A. Rundell et al. Polyethylene Stresses in Lumbar Total Joint Replacement Under Elevated Loading: Insights from an Anatomic Finite Element Model Bioengineering.

Publication Date
January 7, 2026

How Analyze was Used
“Briefly, for development of the model, a combination of automated and semi-automated image segmentation techniques (Analyze version 12.0, AnalyzeDirect, Inc., Lenexa, KS, USA) were used to extract detailed surfaces corresponding to the major bony structures of L3–5.”

Keywords
Spine, Arthroplasty, Elevated loading, Finite element model, Highly crosslinked polyethylene, Wear, Contact pressure, Von Mises stress, Lumbar Total Joint Replacement

Author Affiliation(s)
Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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