A history of spine biomechanics:​ focus on 20th century progress

Oxland, T. R.

Affiliations

¹Department of Orthopaedics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

²Department of and Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

³International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Abstract and keywords (English)

The application of mechanical principles to problems of the spine dates to antiquity. Significant developments related to spinal anatomy and biomechanical behaviour made by Renaissance and post-Renaissance scholars through the end of the 19th century laid a strong foundation for the developments since that time. The objective of this article is to provide a historical overview of spine biomechanics with a focus on the developments in the 20th century. The topics of spine loading, spinal posture and stability, spinal kinematics, spinal injury, and surgical strategies were reviewed.

Keywords: Posture; Stability; Kinematics; Functional spinal unit; Surgery

Abstract and keywords (German)

Die Anwendung mechanischer Prinzipien im Rahmen der Behandlung von Problemen an der Wirbelsäule geht bis in die Antike zurück. Wesentliche Entwicklungen bezogen auf die Wirbelsäulenanatomie und das biomechanische Verhalten durch Gelehrte der Renaissance und Postrenaissance gegen Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts bildeten eine solide Grundlage für die Fortschritte seit dieser Zeit. Ziel dieses Beitrags ist es, einen historischen Überblick über die Biomechanik der Wirbelsäule zu geben, fokussiert wurde dabei auf die Entwicklungen im 20. Jahrhundert. Die Themen Wirbelsäulenbelastung, Wirbelsäulenhaltung und -stabilität, Wirbelsäulenkinematik, Rückenmarksverletzung und chirurgische Strategien wurden überprüft.

Keywords: Körperhaltung; Stabilität; Kinematik; Funktionelle Einheit der Wirbelsäule; Chirurgie

Links

DOI: 10.1007/s00113-015-0087-7

PubMed: 26526281

WoS: 000365870100011

History

Online: 2015-11-02

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