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Structural Analysis of Spinal Column to Estimate Intervertebral Disk Load for a Mobile Posture Improvement Support System

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Human Systems Engineering and Design II (IHSED 2019)

Part of the book series: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing ((AISC,volume 1026))

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Abstract

In this study a support system to prevent by himself/herself before suffering from lumbago is developed. The load on the intervertebral disk is indirectly estimated using the measured shape of the lumbar part for that. In this paper, assuming that the lumbar vertebrae is a beam, the weight of the upper body and the rotation angle of the pelvis are considered as factors affecting its shape when the body bends forward. So structural analysis is performed. As a result, it was found that the upper moment of the spinal column has an effect of inducing a bad posture, the lower moment has an effect of maintaining the curvature of the spinal column to keep a good posture.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number JP18K11106.

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  1. Kochi University of Technology, Tosayamada, Kami, Kochi, 782-8502, Japan

    Kyoko Shibata, Yu Suzuki & Yoshio Inoue

  2. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Nukui-Kitamachi, Koganei, Tokyo, 187-8795, Japan

    Hironobu Satoh

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Correspondence to Kyoko Shibata .

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  1. Institute for Advanced Systems Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Tareq Ahram

  2. University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA

    Waldemar Karwowski

  3. Department of Computer Science, Universität der Bundeswehr München, Neubiberg, Germany

    Stefan Pickl

  4. Université de Reims Champagne Ardenne, Reims Cedex 2, France

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Shibata, K., Suzuki, Y., Satoh, H., Inoue, Y. (2020). Structural Analysis of Spinal Column to Estimate Intervertebral Disk Load for a Mobile Posture Improvement Support System. In: Ahram, T., Karwowski, W., Pickl, S., Taiar, R. (eds) Human Systems Engineering and Design II. IHSED 2019. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1026. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27928-8_119

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