Research Article
The Effects of Physiological Biomechanical Loading on Intradiscal Pressure and Annulus Stress in Lumbar Spine: A Finite Element Analysis
Table 1
Geometrical parameters of the lumbar spine ligaments [
15,
18].
| | Ligaments | Cross-sectional area (mm2) |
| | Posterior longitudinal ligament (PLL) | 20.0 | | Anterior longitudinal ligament (ALL) | 63.7 | | Ligamentum flavum (LF) | 40.0 | | Capsular ligament (CL) | 30.0 | | Intertransverse ligament (ITL) | 1.8 | | Interspinous ligament (ISL) | 40.0 | | Supraspinous ligament (SSL) | 30.0 |
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