Effect of changes in cruciate ligaments pretensions on knee joint laxity and ligament forces

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Shirazi Adl, A ^a   Moglo, K E ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupling; Cruciate ligaments; Finite element analysis; Initial tension; Knee joint; Laxity

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR POSTERIORS; CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS; EXTERNAL LOADS; INITIAL STRAINS; INITIAL TENSION; KNEE JOINT; LAXITY; LIGAMENT INJURY; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; PRE-STRAIN; PRETENSIONED; PRETENSIONING; SOFT TISSUE; TIBIO-FEMORAL JOINTS;

BIOMECHANICS; COUPLINGS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MECHANICAL STRESS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 25644443216     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840500062922     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. A. Amis and R. Jakob, "Anterior cruciate ligament graft positioning, tensioning and twisting", Knee Surg. Sports Traumatol. Asthrosc., 6(Suppl 1), pp. S2-S12, 1998.
2. H.N. Andersen and U. Jorgensen, "The immediate postoperative kinematic state after anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction with increasing preoperative tension", Knee Surg. Sports Traumatol. Asthrosc., 6(Suppl 1), pp. S62-S69, 1998.
3. M.Z. Bendjaballah, A. Shirazi-Adl and D.J. Zukor, "Biomechanics of the human knee joint in compression: Reconstruction, mesh generation and finite element analysis", The Knee, 2, pp. 69-79, 1995.
4. M.Z. Bendjaballah, A. Shirazi-Adl and D.J. Zukor, "Biomechanics response of the passive human knee joint under anterior-posterior forces", Clin. Biomech., 13, pp. 625-633, 1998.
5. D.L. Butler, M.D. Kay and D.C. Stouffer, "Comparison of material properties in fascicle-bone units from human patellar tendon and knee ligaments", J. Biomech., 19, pp. 425-432, 1986.
6. D.L. Butler, M.D. Kay and D.C. Stouffer, "Comparison of material properties in fascicle-bone units from human patellar tendon and knee ligaments", J. Biomech., 19, pp. 425-432, 1986.
7. C.M. Flahiff, A.T. Brooks, J.M. Hollis, J.L. Vander Schilden and R.W. Nicholas, "Biomechanical analysis of patellar tendon allografts as a function of donor age", Am. J. Sports Med., 23, pp. 354-358, 1995.
8. B. Fleming, B. Beynnon, J. Howe, W. McLeod and M. Pope, "Effect of tension and placement of a prosthetics anterior cruciate ligament on the anteroposterior laxity of the knee", J. Orthop. Res., 10, pp. 177-186, 1992.
9. B.C. Fleming, J.A. Abate, G.D. Peura and B.D. Beynnon, "The relationship between graft tensioning and the anterior-posterior laxity in the anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed goat knee", J. Orthop. Res., 19, pp. 841-844, 2001.
10. N. Hagemeister, N. Duval, L.H. Yahia, et al. "Comparison of two methods for reconstruction of the posterior cruciate ligament using a computer based method: Quantitative evaluation of laxity, threedimensional kinematics and ligament deformation measurement in cadaver knees", The Knee, 9, pp. 291-299, 2002.
11. C.D. Harner, T.M. Vogrin, J. Höler, C.B. Ma and S.L.-Y. Woo, "Biomechanical analysis of posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Deficiency in the posterolateral structures as cause of graft failure", Am. J. Sports Med., 28, pp. 32-39, 2000.
12. G.A. Johnson, D.M. Tramaglini, R.E. Levine, K. Ohno, N.Y. Choi and S.L.-Y. Woo, "Tensile and viscoelastic properties of human patellar tendon", J. Ortho. Surg., 12, pp. 796-803, 1994.
13. K.L. Markolf, D.M. Burchfield, M.M. Shapiro, et al. "Biomechanical consequences of replacement of the anterior cruciate ligament with a patellar ligament allograft, Part II: Forces in the graft compared with forces in the intact ligament", J. Bone Joint Surg., 78-A, pp. 1728-1734, 1996.
14. K.L. Markolf, S. Hame, D. Monte Hunter, et al. "Effects of femoral tunnel placement on knee laxity and forces in anterior cruciate ligament graft", J. Orthop. Res., 20, pp. 1016-1024, 2002.
15. K.L. Markolf, D.R. McAllister, C.R. Young, J. McWilliams and D.A. Oakes, "Boimechanical effects of medial-lateral tibial tunnel placement in posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction", J. Orthop. Res., 21, pp. 177-182, 2003.
16. K.E. Moglo and A. Shirazi-Adl, "On the PCL-ACL coupling and knee joint response under anterior femoral drawer in flexion: A finite element study", Clin. Biomech., 18, pp. 751-759, 2003a.
17. K.E. Moglo and A. Shirazi-Adl, "Biomechanics of passive knee joint in drawer: Load transmission in Intact and ACL-deficient joints", The Knee, 10, pp. 265-276, 2003b.
18. K.E. Moglo and A. Shirazi-Adl, "Cruciate coupling and screw-home mechanism in passive knee joint during extension-flexion", J. Biomech., in press.
19. A. Race and A.A. Amis, "The mechanical properties of the two bundles of the human posterior cruciate ligament", J. Biomech., 27, pp. 13-24, 1994.
20. A. Race and A.A. Amis, "Loading of the two bundles of the posterior cruiciate ligament: An amalysis of bundle function in A-P drawer", J. Biomech., 29, pp. 873-879, 1996.
21. A. Shirazi-Adl, "Nonlinear finite element analysis of wrapping uniaxial elements", Comput. Struct., 32, pp. 119-123, 1989a.
22. A. Shirazi-Adl, "Strain in fibres of a lumbar disc-Analysis of the role of lifting in producing disc prolapse", Spine, 14, pp. 96-103, 1989b.
23. H.U. Staubli, L. Schatzmann, P. Brunner, et al. "Mechanical tensile properties of the quadriceps tendon and patellar ligament in young adults", Am. J. Sports Med., 27, pp. 27-35, 1999.
24. J. Suggs, C. Wang and G. Li, "The effect of graft stiffness on knee joint biomechanics after ACL reconstruction: A 3D computational simulation", Clin. Biomech., 18, pp. 35-43, 2003.
25. S. Takai, S.L.-Y. Woo, G.A. Livesay, D.J. Adams and F.H. Fu, "Determination of in-situ loads on the human anterior cruciate ligament", J. Orthop. Res., 11, pp. 686-695, 1993.
26. H. Tohyama and K. Yasuda, "Significance of graft tension in anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: Basic background and clinical outcome", Knee Surg. Sports Traumatol. Asthrosc., 6(Suppl 1), pp. S30-S37, 1998.
27. C.J. Wang, H.H. Chen, H.S. Chen and T.W. Huang, "Effects of knee position, graft tension and mode of fixation in posterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: A cadaveric knee study", Arthroscopy, 18, pp. 496-501, 2002.
28. D.C. Wascher, K.L. Markolf, M.S. Shapiro and G.A.M. Finerman, "Direct in vivo measurement of forces in the cruciate ligaments", J. Bone Joint Surg., 75-A, pp. 377-386, 1993.
29. J. Wismans, F. Weldpaus, F. Janssen and J. Janssen, "A three-dimensional mathematical model of the knee joint", J. Biomech., 13, pp. 677-685, 1980.
30. S.L.-Y. Woo, R.J. Fox, S. Masataka and G.A. Livesay, "Biomechanics of the ACL: Measurements of in situ force in the ACL and knee kinematics", The Knee, 5, pp. 267-288, 1998.