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Table 1 Material properties of finite element model

From: Biomechanical analysis and modeling of different vertebral growth patterns in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis and healthy subjects

  

Young's Modulus (MPa)

Poisson's Ratio

Vertebral Body

Cortical Bone

Cancellous Bone

14 500

400

0.3

0.3

Growth Plate

Sensitive

Newly Formed Bone

Transition

12

100

300

0.4

0.3

0.3

Intervertebral Disc

Nucleus

Annulus

2

8

0.49

0.45