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Table 3 Displacement of different orthopedic options for FEM

From: Optimization of in-brace corrective force in adolescents with Lenke type 5 curve using finite element model

Index

Initial model

First group

Second group

Third group

CA (°)

40.0

27.4

23.0

16.1

AVR (°)

31.0

25.2

24.8

25.0

TLK (°)

27.3

14.7

13.6

15.2

LL (°)

54.7

45.0

42.3

37.2

PCPR (°)

6.5

12

13

1.0

SS (°)

39.4

30.5

25.9

34

PAPR (°)

15.0

10.6

4.2

1.8

Coronal deviation (cm)

3.4

0.8

0.1

0.1

Sagittal deviation (cm)

0.1

2.2

1.3

0.4