"NSERC/Medtronic Industrial Research Chair in Spine Biomechanics/Chaire de recherche industrielle CRSNG-Medtronic en biomécanique de la colonne vertébrale"

脊柱是我们身体的一个复杂的中心组成部分，涉及姿势平衡，运动和脊髓的保护。严重的脊柱畸形、创伤和退行性疾病通常采用脊柱内固定手术进行治疗，包括融合。这是一种广泛的侵入性手术，永久性限制脊柱节段的运动，并在融合节段和未融合节段之间的连接处以及结构内施加额外的应力，特别是在骨-植入物界面和致密结构中。尽管在过去的几十年里，生物医学技术有了显著的进步，但脊柱手术仍然非常具有侵入性，而技术仍然主要是经验性的和外科医生特定的。这是一个欠发达的领域，工程研究是至关重要的，以提高脊柱生物力学的知识。的

The spine is a complex and central component of our body, involved in posture equilibrium, movements, and protection of the spinal cord. Severe spinal deformities, trauma, and degenerative conditions are generally treated with spinal instrumentation surgery involving fusion. This is an extensive and invasive procedure that permanently restricts motion of spinal segments and places additional stress on the junction between fused and unfused segments and within the construct, especially at the bone-implant interface and in dense constructs. Despite significant improvements in biomedical technologies over the last decades, spinal surgeries remain very invasive while techniques continue to be mostly empirical and surgeon-specific. This is an underdeveloped area where engineering research is crucial to improve knowledge of spine biomechanics. The