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Table 1 Material properties used in the finite element model

From: Biomechanical effects of interbody cage height on adjacent segments in patients with lumbar degeneration: a 3D finite element study

Materials

Young’s modulus

Poisson’s ratio

Cortical bone

12,000

0.3

Cancellous bone

100

0.3

Endplate

24

0.4

Annulus fibrosus

4.2

0.45

Nucleus pulposus

0.1

0.49

Cage

3600

0.25

Anterior longitudinal ligament

7.8

0.3

Posterior longitudinal ligament

10

0.3

Flaval ligament

15

0.3

Transverse ligament

10

0.3

Capsular ligament

7.5

0.3

Interspinous ligament

8

0.3

Supraspinous ligament

8

0.3