Held by the speakers:
Prof. John Costi, BE, Ph. D., College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia
Dr. biol. human. Fabio Galbusera, Spine Research Group, Schulthess Clinic, Zürich, Switzerland
Prof. Thomas R. Oxland, Ph. D., Eng., FRSC, Dept. of Orthopaedics and Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Prof. Carlos Rodrigo Roesler, Dr. Eng., Biomechanical Laboratory University Hospital, Federal University of Santa Catarina UFSC, Florianópolis, Brazil
Prof. Dr. Werner Schmölz, Ph. D., Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology - Translational Biomechanichal Research, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Wilke, Institute of Orthopaedics Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Center Ulm, University Hospital Ulm, Germany

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04:00 p.m. Introduction

Prof. Dr. med. Tobias L. Schulte, M.D.

University Dept. of Orthopaedics at the Ruhr University Bochum, Dept. of Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgery, St. Josef-Hospital, Bochum, Germany

04:10 p.m. General Biomechanics of the lumbar spine

Prof. John Costi, BE, Ph.D.

College of Science and Engineering, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia

04:40 p.m. The lumbar disc herniation from a biomechanical point of view

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Wilke,

Institute of Orthopaedic Research and Biomechanics, Trauma Research Center Ulm, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

05:10 p.m. Spine Trauma

Prof. Thomas R. Oxland, Ph.D., P. Eng., FRSC

Dept. of Orthopaedics and Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

05:40 p.m. Posterior spinal instrumentation - Biomechanical considerations in daily practice

Prof. Dr. Werner Schmölz, PhD

Dept. of Orthopaedics and Traumatology - Translational Biomechanical Research, Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria

06:10 p.m. Finite Element Analysis: Models of the spine

Dr. biol. human. Fabio Galbusera

Spine Research Group, Schulthess Clinic, Zürich, Switzerland

06:40 p.m. Case examples – Why did this surgical construct fail?

Prof. Carlos Rodrigo Roesler, Dr. Eng.

Biomechanical Laboratory University Hospital, Federeal University of Santa Catarina UFSC, Florianópolis, Brazil

07:10 p.m. Final discussion

Biomechanics of the spine: What does a Spine Surgeon need to know?