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Reducing uncertainties in compensation for occupational diseases in construction using analytics
Published in Imriyas Kamardeen, Preventing Workplace Incidents in Construction, 2019
Work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are inflammatory and degenerative conditions that affect the muscles, tendons joints, nerves and supporting blood vessels that occur owing to work-related activities. Skeletal disorders include fractures, fracture of vertebral column with or without spinal cord lesion, dislocation, arthropathies disorder of joints, dorsopathies (disorder of the spinal vertebrae and the intervertebral discs), osteopathies (disorders of the bones), chondropathies (disorders of the cartilage) and acquired musculoskeletal deformities. Muscular disorders include strains and sprains of joints and adjacent muscles, disorders of muscle, tendons and other soft tissues and hernia (Australian Safety and Compensation Council 2006; Wang et al. 2016).
Ergonomics of Space
Published in Prabir Mukhopadhyay, Ergonomics for the Layman, 2019
Your back is the most important structure that is related to seating. Unfortunately, Mother Nature has not provided a guidebook for your back, on how to use it effectively and judiciously so as not to damage it! The bones and vertebrae together make up the vertebral column or the spine. The vertebral column provides support to the back and also aids in movement. It also encases the spinal cord. There are discs which act as shock absorbers in between respective vertebrae. Other than this, there are connective tissues such as tendons, ligaments, and muscles, all of which provide support and facilitate movement of the back. The vertebral column is supposed to be kept at neutral (Figure 5.9).
The Thoracolumbar Spine and Pelvis
Published in Melanie Franklyn, Peter Vee Sin Lee, Military Injury Biomechanics, 2017
Melanie Franklyn, Brian D. Stemper
The human vertebral column is comprised of five distinct regions: the cervical, thoracic, lumbar sacrum and coccyx spines, where there are 24 articulating vertebrae and nine fused vertebrae to form a total of 33 vertebrae. Each of these regions is contoured to form either a lordotic (convex anteriorly) or a kyphotic (convex posteriorly) curve (Gray 2000; Moore et al. 2015), as shown in Figure 12.1. These curves are important in order to allow spine to support the weight of the body, as the curves increase the resistance to axial compression; thus, a greater weight can be supported than if the spine was straight.
Evaluation of novel implant topologies of disc in spine: custom cage implants design.
Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 2019
Y. Benabid, N. Zeroudi, S. Abid, A. Azouz, K. Chenaifi
The principal function of the vertebral column is to support loads. These loads can challenge both bone tissues of vertebral column (Ashish et al. 2013). To achieve the strongest fusion and the best clinical outcomes, several surgical procedures and fusion devices have been developed. Interbody techniques have been reported to effectively preserve the disc height and lead to better fusions. Interbody cages allow for a bone graft to be placed within the loadbearing column of the spine and can achieve osseous integration with adjacent end plates of the vertebral bodies (McGilvray et al. 2017).
Deep learning approach for disease detection in lumbosacral spine radiographs using ConvNet
Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, 2023
Pablo de Abreu Vieira, Luis Vogado, Lucas Lopes, Ricardo Ricardo, Pedro Santos Neto, Mano Joseph Mathew, Deborah Magalhães, Romuere Silva
The human Vertebral Column (VC) is associated with health problems such as arthrosis, scoliosis, spina bifida, spondylarthrosis, lordosis, osteophytes, and disc space reduction, among others. The VC has 33 vertebrae interspersed by 24 intervertebral discs that, in addition to their structural and movement functions, also play the role of a channel for the spinal cord. This structure is interconnected by ligaments and joints, which allow its flexibility. The spine is divided into four distinct regions: cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal regions (Drake et al. 2019).
Automatic identification of three-dimensional morphometric features of vertebrae
Published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization, 2022
Junhua Zhang, Bo Li, Hongjian Li, Shuai Zhang, Wentao Yu
The spinal column is the human body’s main form of upright support. It is formed from vertebrae stacked sequentially. As well as supporting the body, the vertebral column allows for trunk movement through multi-articulated flexibility, and houses and protects the spinal cord. The complex anatomical structure of the vertebrae enables these functions.