Simulation of a low back pain treatment using a generic finite element model

Rébecca Bonnaire (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) , Jérôme Molimard (1, 2, 3, 4) , Paul Calmels (6) , Reynald Convert (5)

1 CIS-ENSMSE - Centre Ingénierie et Santé
2 IFRESIS - Institut Fédératif de Recherche en Sciences et Ingénierie de la Santé
3 STBio-ENSMSE - Surfaces et Tissus Biologiques
4 LGF-ENSMSE - Laboratoire Georges Friedel
5 Thuasne
6 MPR - Service de médecine physique et de réadaptation

Every year, about 50% of French population is suffering of low back pain [Fassier, 2011]. A usual part of treatment is lumbar belt wearing. Nevertheless the biomechanical and physiological impacts are not clearly understood. In this study, the application of lumbar belt on the trunk is simulated by a finite element model. The objective of this model is to determine the impacts of wearing lumbar belt in abdominal pressure, spine posture and inter-vertebral disc pressure.

Mots clés: low back pain; lumbar belt; finite element model; 3D geometry; lateral radiography; experimental data; numerical simulation

Domaines: Génie des procédés; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]; Biomécanique [physics.med-ph]

Rébecca Bonnaire, Jérôme Molimard, Paul Calmels, Reynald Convert. Simulation of a low back pain treatment using a generic finite element model. 19th Congress of the European Society of Biomechanics, ESB 2013, Aug 2013, Patras, Greece. pp.S- 31.3. ⟨hal-00875216⟩