Spine Biomechanics

Chronic low back pain is a significant public health problem in industrialized society. The intact spine carries the upper body and external loads, allows motion in a physiological range and protects the spinal cord. These different demands necessitate a high degree of complexity with various sources for disorders and pain. The JWI conducts research in order to counter pain causes and to further optimize the pain treatment.

Spinal Motion - Dose and diagnoses under consideration

Motion is propagated again and again as an activity for the prevention or treatment of back pain. However, it lacks a database for a basic understanding of spinal movements in everyday life, in order to answer the question about the right dose of exercise. The reliable assessment of these data is difficult and their interpretation complex. Furthermore, functional diagnostics are missing for differentiating subjects with and without low back pain in order to increase the efficiency of preventive intervention programs.

Improvement of intervention programs for the prevention of back pain

In various meta-analyzes and international guidelines different treatment recommendations are given, which should generally contribute an increase in physical activity for the prevention of back pain.

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Diagnostic and intervention in everyday situations

In Germany, back and joint pain are the cause of about one in ten sick leave. Due to the high number of disability days ergonomics at the workplace is becoming increasingly important, with the aim to avoid back pain that can be caused by missing and forced postures, lifting and carrying heavy loads or continuously standing and sitting. Posture and movement analysis play an important role in the introduction and evaluation of ergonomic optimization.

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Form and funktion analyses in sheep and cattle

Sheep and cattle are among the most widely used (large) animal species in spinal in vivo and in vitro research. In both animal models, a variety of surgical techniques are being tested, the success of which largely depends on the local mechanical loads. However, as mechanics determines the success or failure of each new treatment strategy, the macroscopic shape and motion of the spine in everyday life are of crucial importance.

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