Musculo-skeletal modeling could play a key role in advancing our understanding of the
healthy and pathological spine, but the credibility of such models are strictly dependent on
the accuracy of the anatomical data incorporated. In this study, we present a complete and
coherent musculo-skeletal dataset for the thoracic and cervical regions of the human spine,
obtained through detailed dissection of an embalmed male cadaver. We divided the
muscles into a number of muscle-tendon elements, digitized their attachments at the bones …

Musculo-skeletal modeling can greatly help in understanding normal and pathological
functioning of the spine. For such models to produce reliable muscle and joint force
estimations, an adequate set of musculo-skeletal data is necessary. In this study, we present
a complete and coherent dataset for the lumbar spine, based on medical images and
dissection measurements from one embalmed human cadaver. We divided muscles into
muscle-tendon elements, digitized their attachments at the bones and measured …