Title :
Planning of prosthetic ligament insertion in the knee
Author :
Richard, Alexander ; de Guise, J.A. ; Baldo, S.
Abstract :
Prosthetic anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) for the knee often suffer from pre-mature failure due to fatigue. Deformations of these ligaments are calculated as a function of their insertion orientation via a computer model. To help physically interpret these deformation values, the average flexion axis of the knee is calculated using a least-squares algorithm on experimental kinematic data. The results indicate that deformations in prosthetic ACL can be explained in terms of their femoral insertion orientation with respect to this average knee flexion axis
Keywords :
biomechanics; digital simulation; fatigue; kinematics; prosthetics; average flexion axis; computer model; cruciate ligament rupture; deformation values; experimental kinematic data; femoral insertion orientation; insertion orientation; knee; least-squares algorithm; premature failure; prosthetic ligament insertion planning; Biomedical measurements; Deformable models; Fatigue; Instruments; Kinematics; Knee; Ligaments; Prosthetics; Software measurement; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579668
