The strain distribution in the lumbar anterior longitudinal ligament is affected by the loading condition and bony features: An in vitro full-field analysis

Marco Palanca; Maria Luisa Ruspi; Luca Cristofolini; Christian Liebsch; Tomaso Villa; Marco Brayda-Bruno; Fabio Galbusera; Hans-Joachim Wilke; Luigi La Barbera

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0227210

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The strain distribution in the lumbar anterior longitudinal ligament is affected by the loading condition and bony features: An in vitro full-field analysis

Marco Palanca ,

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: marco.palanca@unibo.it

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1231-2728

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Maria Luisa Ruspi,

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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Luca Cristofolini,

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Industrial Engineering, School of Engineering and Architecture, Alma Mater Studiorum–Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7473-6868

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Christian Liebsch,

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Center Ulm (ZTF), University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Tomaso Villa,

Roles Supervision

Affiliations Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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Marco Brayda-Bruno,

Roles Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Spine Surgery III, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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Fabio Galbusera,

Roles Supervision

Affiliation IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy
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Hans-Joachim Wilke,

Roles Methodology, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Center Ulm (ZTF), University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Luigi La Barbera

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation

Affiliation Laboratory of Biological Structure Mechanics, Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “G. Natta”, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy
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The strain distribution in the lumbar anterior longitudinal ligament is affected by the loading condition and bony features: An in vitro full-field analysis

Marco Palanca,
Maria Luisa Ruspi,
Luca Cristofolini,
Christian Liebsch,
Tomaso Villa,
Marco Brayda-Bruno,
Fabio Galbusera,
Hans-Joachim Wilke,
Luigi La Barbera

Published: January 14, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227210

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