當今的年代，電腦運算處理速度的大力提昇，結合有限元素法的軟體，使得生物力學有顯著突破，目前文獻建立的整體腰椎模型幾乎從缺，是故，此研究主要在建立出腰椎的有限元素模型，以及基本的生物力學研究。
　　本研究將骨科教學用的腰椎樣本模型，藉由電腦斷層掃描，輔以醫學影像處理軟體3D-DOCTOR，建立出整體腰椎段(L1~L5)脊椎骨的三維表面模型，並以有限元素前處理軟體MSC.PATRAN，建立出整體的腰椎有限元素模型，包括椎體、椎間盤等，續加上小面關節的接觸作用及基本和自然邊界條件，最後給予有限元素分析軟體ABAQUS進行有限元素分析。
　　基本的生物力學分析，是由三種不同的模擬及五種不同的運動行為所組成，包括纖維組織的材料性質、小面關節的接觸摩擦性質、有無韌帶、正常站立姿勢、彎曲、伸展、側彎和扭轉運動。

　　Nowadays, biomechanics has made a significant breakthrough under the enhancement of increasing speed of computers, coupled with use of powerful finite element software. In current literatures, there are few articles about the topic of a whole lumbar spine model (L1~L5), this study builds a finite element model of the whole lumbar spine and makes basic research on biomechanics.

　　This study first obtained a 3D surface model of whole lumbar spine (L1~L5) through use of medical image processing program 3D-DOCTOR, based on the slices from scanning of the practice specimen of lumbar spine. With the preprocessing program MSC.PATRAN, and inclusion of both essential and natural boundary conditions, loading condition causing from the contact effect of facet joints, a final finite element model built to submit to analysis code ABAQUS.

　　The basic biomechanical analysis of this study was composed of three simulations with five motion behavior including flexion, extension, left and right lateral bending and axial torsion, and with each case under the considerations of different material properties of fiber tissue, contacting frictional property of facet joints and effect of ligaments.

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謝牧鄰，以CT斷層掃描影像為基礎之脊椎有限元素分析，碩士論文，國立成功大學土木工程研究所，中華民國九十四年六月