In Silico Pelvis and Sacroiliac Joint Motion: Refining a Model of the Human Osteoligamentous Pelvis for Assessing Physiological Load Deformation Using an Inverted Validation Approach

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(a) Overview ligaments, (b) parametric analysis in linear elastic model, (c) deformations at a linear elastic model (top: anterior view, center: lateral view, and bottom: posterior view), (d) parametric analysis in viscoelastic model, (e) deformations at a viscoelastic model (top: anterior view, center: lateral view, and bottom: posterior view), (f) influence of sacroiliac ligament orientation. Global and local deformations were larger in the viscoelastic model compared to the linear elastic model, and in line with the real case scenario loads were distributed more homogeneously.

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