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Table 3 The material properties of the ligaments

From: Biomechanical effect of different plate-to-disc distance on surgical and adjacent segment in anterior cervical discectomy and fusion - a finite element analysis

ALL

PLL

LF

ISL

CL

Displacement (mm)

Force (N)

Displacement (mm)

Force (N)

Displacement (mm)

Force (N)

Displacement (mm)

Force (N)

Displacement (mm)

Force (N)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

35.5

0.9

1.33

1.7

2.2

1.2

0.75

1.7

2.452

2

64.9

2

29.0

3.74

45.9

2.7

16.9

3.9

53.6

4

89.7

3

51.4

5.61

82.9

4.0

24.4

5.8

87.9

5

108.6

4

71.38

7.48

119.6

5.4

29.5

7.7

109.4

6

119.6

5

85.8

9.35

133.7

6.7

32.9

9.7

125.8

  

6

94.7

11.3

147.2

8.1

34.9

11.5

134.8

  1. ALL Anterior longitudinal ligament, CL Capsular ligament, ISL Interspinous ligament, LF Ligamentum flavum, PLL Posterior longitudinal ligament