Study on shape of knee joint condyle with anterior cruciate ligament injury

Author

Hirokawa, S. ; Koga, Y. ; Endo, T.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka, Japan

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1996

Firstpage

481

Abstract

MRI studies have revealed that athletes who sustain non-contact injury to the anterior cruciate ligament develop a larger convexity of the lateral tibial plateau than normal. To evaluate ACL elongation due to variations in lateral tibial convexity, a 3D mathematical knee model was developed and used to perform a sensitivity study. The simulation results demonstrated that when the intercondylar tubercule became 1 mm higher than normal, strain on the ACL increased by about 20%

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical NMR; bone; physiological models; sport; 1 mm; 3D mathematical knee model; MRI studies; anterior cruciate ligament injury; athletes; intercondylar tubercule; knee joint condyle shape; lateral tibial plateau convexity; ligament strain; noncontact injury; sensitivity study; simulation results; sports injuries; Educational institutions; Hospitals; Injuries; Knee; Ligaments; Magnetic resonance imaging; Mathematical model; Orthopedic surgery; Performance analysis; Shape;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1996. Bridging Disciplines for Biomedicine. Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3811-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1996.651826

Filename

651826