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Acknowledgements The authors gratefully acknowledge the funding of Project NORTE-01-0145- FEDER-000022 SciTech Science and Technology for Competitive and Sustainable Industries, co-financed by the Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (NORTE2020), through the Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER). ix
Contents 1 Finite Element Models of the Knee Joint... 1 1.1 Knee Joint Model Geometries... 1 1.2 Material Properties of Hard and Soft Tissues... 6 1.2.1 Material Properties of Articular Cartilage... 7 1.2.2 Material Properties of Menisci... 10 1.2.3 Material Properties of Ligaments... 13 1.2.4 Material Properties of Bony Structure... 19 References... 22 2 Finite Element Analysis Applications in Biomechanical Studies of the Knee Joint... 35 2.1 Current FEA Applications on Ligament Injury... 35 2.2 Current FEA Applications on Meniscus Injury... 38 2.3 Current FEA Applications on Knee Joint Contact Analysis and Cartilage Disease... 42 References... 57 3 Overview of High Tibial Osteotomy and Optimization of the Correction Angle... 61 3.1 High Tibial Osteotomy Definition... 61 3.2 Current FEA Studies on the HTO Procedure... 62 3.3 Current Clinical Studies on Optimizing the Correction Angle... 69 3.4 Current Biomechanical Studies on Optimizing the Correction Angle... 71 References... 73 4 Conclusions and Future Work... 77 xi
Introduction Biomechanics is the study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement and/or structure of living organisms. It often refers to the study of human body interaction with the environment under different conditions. Particularly, the knee joint is the largest and most complex and stressed joint in the human body, comprised of both the femoro-patellar and tibiofemoral joints. The important structure of the knee joint is divided into the following main tissues. The soft tissues include ligaments, tendons, menisci, muscles, and articular cartilages. The bony structure (hard tissues) includes the femur, tibia, fibula, and patella. Owing to the bearing of very high loads, the knee structure permits active movement for daily activities such as walking, running, sitting, and kneeling, which produce complex mechanical responses under the loads that occur in everyday life (Moglo and Shirazi-Adl 2003; Sahu and Kaviti 2016; Gatchel et al. 2007; Kiapour et al. 2014; Biščević et al. 2005; Zaffagnini et al. 2013). However, excessive joint loading on the articular cartilage, as well as age, weight bearing, meniscectomy, alignment, and joint injury, may cause various types of damage and lead to the initiation and progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Clinical studies have revealed that an increased risk in knee OA progression with abnormal tibiofemoral alignment most likely results from the increase of mechanical loading at the knee joint (Andriacchi et al. 2004; Sharma et al. 2001; Felson and Zhang 1998; Felson et al. 2000; Sowers 2001; Cooper et al. 2000; Sharma 2001; Cerejo et al. 2002; Englund and Lohmander 2004; Felson et al. 2004; Griffin and Guilak 2005; Kraus et al. 2013; Kubo et al. 2009; Arokoski et al. 2000). The role of the loading axis in the progression of knee OA has been well recognized. Clinically, the interventions that modify the excessive forces related to the position of the loading axis acting on damaged tissues, such as articular cartilage, have been applied in relieving OA symptoms (Akizuki et al. 2008). For knees afflicted by medial OA progression, high tibial osteotomy (HTO) can be an effective adjunct to conservative management of interruption of the disease s progression (Schallberger et al. 2011; Esenkaya and Elmali 2006). By correcting the hip knee ankle (HKA) angle, HTO shifts the mechanical load from the arthritic medial compartment to the lateral compartment with relatively healthy cartilage. xiii