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ArticleBiomedical engineering online2022

Medial tibial plateau sustaining higher physiological stress than the lateral plateau: based on 3D printing and finite element method.

Liqin Zheng, Yuexing Dai, Yongze Zheng, Xingpeng He, Minhui Wu, Desheng Zheng, ChiHung Li, Yueguang Fan, Ziling Lin

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Article in Biomedical engineering online, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Liqin ZhengThe First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yuexing DaiThe First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yongze ZhengDepartment of Orthopedics, Puning Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jieyang, China.
Xingpeng HeThe First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Minhui WuThe First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Desheng ZhengThe First Clinical Medical College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
ChiHung LiInternational College, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yueguang FanDepartment of Joint Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Ziling LinDepartment of Orthopedic Trauma, First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangzhou, China. 13600460045@sina.cn.
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine · CN

Funding

National Famous Old Chinese Medicine Expert inheritance studio construction project 2022National Natural Science Foundation of China 81673996
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMedial compartment knee osteoarthritis (KOA) accounts for most KOA cases, and increased trabecular bone volume fraction (BV/TV) is one of the pathological changes in the tibial plateau of KOA. How BV/TV changes before and after the menopause and its effects on medial compartment KOA are yet to be clarified.

methodsTwenty femurs from twenty 12-week-old rats were included. The operated group underwent ovariectomy (to represent the osteoporosis condition), called the O group, and the non-operated group was the normal control, called the N group. Micro-CT scans of the femoral condyles were acquired 12 weeks after the surgery, and the volume of interest (VOI) of medial-, inter-, and lateral-condyle trabeculae were three-dimensional (3D) printed for uniaxial compression mechanical test and simulated by the finite element (FE) method.

resultsThe results demonstrated that the O group indicated poorer trabecular architecture than the N group in three parts of the femoral condyle, especially in the intercondyle. Within the group, the BV/TV, trabecular thickness (Tb.Th), and trabecular number (Tb.N) ratios between the medial and lateral condyles were greater than 1 in both N and O groups. The medial condyle trabeculae's mechanical properties were higher than those of the lateral condyle, and this superiority appears to be broadened under osteoporotic conditions. FE modelling well reproduced these mechanical differentiations.

conclusionsAccording to Wolff's law, the higher BV/TV and mechanical properties of the medial femoral condyle may be due to inherent imbalanced loading on the knee component. Alterations in BV/TV and their corresponding mechanical properties may accompany KOA.

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Osteoarthritis, KneeAnimalsFemaleFinite Element AnalysisPrinting, Three-DimensionalRatsStress, PhysiologicalX-Ray Microtomography3D printingFemoral condyle trabeculaeFinite element methodKneeMechanical properties

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