From: Biomechanical analysis of the lumbar spine on facet joint force and intradiscal pressure - a finite element study
Vertebra
3D-Doctor
PATRAN
Relative
(mm3)
Error (%)
L1
55967.03
54740.16
2.19
L2
62952.83
61648.31
2.07
L3
62931.89
61842.08
1.73
L4
70881.32
69461.11
2.01
L5
65987.41
64817.10
1.77
Total
318720.48
312508.76
1.95