A three-dimensional dynamic finite element model of the prosthetic knee joint: Simulation of joint laxity and kinematics

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 219, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 415-424

  Barink, M ^a   van Kampen, A ^a   de Waal Malefijt, M ^a   Verdonschot, N ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Ligaments; Total knee arthroplasty (TKA)

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); LIGAMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ARTHROPLASTY; JOINT PROSTHESES; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; KNEE PROSTHESES; ORTHOPEDICS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; PROSTHETICS;

POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT (PCL); PROSTHETIC KNEE JOINT; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY (TKA);

JOINT PROSTHESES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

COMPOSITE MODELING; DYNAMIC FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; FLEXION EXTENSION; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHETIC KNEE JOINT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DYNAMICS; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

EID: 27744560275     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 09544119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/095441105X34437     Document Type: Article

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