Alireza Y Bavil, Emmanuel Eghan-Acquah, Laura E Diamond, Rod Barrett, Christopher P Carty, Martina Barzan, Azadeh Nasseri, David G Lloyd, David J Saxby, Stefanie Feih
Finite element analysis (FEA) is commonly used in orthopaedic research to estimate localised tissue stresses and strains. A variety of boundary conditions have been proposed for isolated femur analysis, but it remains unclear how these assumed constraints influence FEA predictions of bone biomechanics. This study compared the femoral head deflection (FHD), stresses, and strains elicited under four commonly used boundary conditions (fixed knee, mid-shaft constraint, springs, and isostatic methods) and benchmarked these mechanics against the gold standard inertia relief method for normal and pathological femurs (extreme anteversion and retroversion, coxa vara, and coxa valga)...
May 11, 2024: Scientific Reports