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Table 1 Material properties of the model

From: A new method to study free transverse vibration of the human lumbar spine as segmental multi-layer Timoshenko and Euler–Bernoulli beams

Spinal components

Density (10−6 kg/mm3)

Normal case

Case 1

Case 2

Case 3

Case 4

Elasticity modulus (MPa)–Poisson’s ratio

Cortical bone (Rohlmann et al. 2006; Zander et al. 2006)

1.83

5000–0.30

5000–0.30

5000–0.30

5000–0.30

5000–0.30

Cancellous bone (Rohlmann et al. 2006; Zander et al. 2006)

1.00

500–0.25

500–0.25

500–0.25

500–0.25

500–0.25

Endplate (Wang et al. 2016; Kurutz and Oroszváry 2010)

1.83

100–0.40

100–0.40

100–0.40

1000–0.30

5000–0.30

Nucleus pulpous (Asgharzadeh Shirazi and Ayatollahi 2014; Chen et al. 2008)

1.36

10–0.49

50–0.40

100–0.30

10–0.49

10–0.49

Annulus fibrous zone (Chen et al. 2001; Lee et al. 2000)

1.20

175–0.30

175–0.30

175–0.30

175–0.30

175–0.30