Effects of internal stress concentrations in plantar soft-tissue-A preliminary three-dimensional finite element analysis

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 324-331

  Chen, Wen Ming ^a   Lee, Taeyong ^a   Lee, Peter Vee Sin ^b   Lee, Jin Woo ^c   Lee, Sung Jae ^d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^d Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Finite element model; Foot plantar soft tissue; Internal tissue stresses; Stress concentration

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE STRESS; BONY STRUCTURES; DIABETIC FOOT; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FINITE ELEMENT MODELS; HUMAN FOOT; INTERNAL TISSUES; MAGNIFICATION FACTORS; MECHANICAL ENVIRONMENT; MODELING APPROACH; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENT MODEL; PLANTAR PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; SOFT TISSUE; SOFT-TISSUE DEFORMATION; SUBJECT-SPECIFIC; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; VON MISES STRESS;

STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENDONS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; BONE STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEASIBILITY STUDY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT; FOOT DISEASE; FOREFOOT; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SESAMOID BONE; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIABETIC FOOT; FOOT ULCER; LIGAMENT; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; RADIOGRAPHY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DIABETIC FOOT; ELASTIC MODULUS; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOOT; FOOT ULCER; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LIGAMENTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SESAMOID BONES; SOFT TISSUE INJURIES; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 79955788694     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2010.01.001     Document Type: Article

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