Predicting meniscal tear stability across knee-joint flexion using finite-element analysis

• Published in: Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 206 - 214
• Main Authors: Kedgley, Angela E., Saw, Teng-Hui, Segal, Neil A., Hansen, Ulrich N., Bull, Anthony M. J., Masouros, Spyros D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2019; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Bearing; Clinical decision making; Compression; Computed tomography; Computer simulation; Decision making; Finite element method; Healing; Hoop stress; Image contrast; Image enhancement; Injuries; Knee; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mathematical models; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Meniscus; Orthopedics; Stability analysis; Stress analysis; Stress concentration; Stress distribution; Surgery; Tearing; Reconstruction; Knee; Biomechanics; Meniscal tear; Meniscus; Arthroscopy; Surgery; Finite element analysis; Repair

Purpose To analyse the stress distribution through longitudinal and radial meniscal tears in three tear locations in weight-bearing conditions and use it to ascertain the impact of tear location and type on the potential for healing of meniscal tears. Methods Subject-specific finite-element models o...