title: Effect of lordosis on the stress in the lumbar spine.
abstract: A simple mathematical model is used to explore the influence of lordosis on the stress in the human spine. It is shown that flatter spines would tend to fail by flexion while spines with more lordosis would tend to fail by torsion.
mesh_terms: D001696:Biomechanical Phenomena; D008141:Lordosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D013314:Stress, Mechanical