The Effect of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury on the Biomechanical Behavior of Human Knee Joint

Author

Wang, Tianfu ; Hao, Zhixiu ; Wan, Chao

Author_Institution

Div. of Intell. & Biomech. Syst., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

fYear

2009

fDate

17-19 Oct. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Based on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data, a 3-dimentional finite element model of knee joint was developed using the reverse modeling technology. The model includes bone, all the four main ligaments, menisci and cartilages with consideration of the transversely isotropic constitutive behavior of menisci and hyperelasticity of ligaments. The biomechanics of tibiofemoral joint under an anterior tibial force and a compression load with anterior force was analyzed at three cases: intact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), partially injured ACL and totally ruptured ACL. Our main goal was to quantitative analyze the effect of ACL injury on the biomechanics of other knee tissues.

Keywords

biomedical MRI; bone; compressibility; elasticity; finite element analysis; 3-dimentional finite element model; anterior cruciate ligament; anterior cruciate ligament injury; anterior force; biomechanical property; bone; cartilages; compression load; human knee joint; knee tissues; ligaments hyperelasticity; magnetic resonance imaging; menisci; reverse modeling technology; tibiofemoral joint; transversely isotropic constitutive property; Biomechanics; Finite element methods; Humans; Injuries; Intelligent systems; Joints; Knee; Ligaments; Magnetic resonance imaging; Tribology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Informatics, 2009. BMEI '09. 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Tianjin

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4132-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4134-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEI.2009.5305872

Filename

5305872