Experimental validation of a finite element model of a human cadaveric tibia

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Gray, Hans A ^a   Taddei, Fulvia ^b   Zavatsky, Amy B ^a   Cristofolini, Luca ^b,c   Gill, Harinderjit S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental validation; Finite element analysis; Human tibia bone; Oxford knee; Tibial metaphysis; Validated FE model of implanted tibia

Indexed keywords

CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; EXPERIMENTS; FOOD PROCESSING; JOINT PROSTHESES; LOADING; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEDICAL IMAGING; STEEL STRUCTURES; STRAIN; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; 3D FINITE ELEMENT (FE) MODELS; ARBITRARY LAGRANGIAN EULERIAN FINITE ELEMENT (FE) MODEL; AXIAL LOADINGS; BENDING LOADS; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY (CT) SCANS; CONVERGENCE (MATHEMATICS); CT SCANNING; EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS; EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATIONS; FINITE ELEMENT (FE) MODELING; KNEE REPLACEMENT; LOADING CONDITIONS; MATE RIAL PROPERTIES; MICRO STRAIN; REGRESSION LINES; SURFACE STRAINING; TETRAHEDRAL ELEMENTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LONG BONE; MALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIMULATION; TIBIA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TENSILE STRENGTH; TORQUE;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CADAVER; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENSILE STRENGTH; TIBIA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TORQUE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 46749120605     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.2913335     Document Type: Article

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