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ArticleScientific reports2024

Effect of different constraining boundary conditions on simulated femoral stresses and strains during gait.

Alireza Y Bavil, Emmanuel Eghan-Acquah, Laura E Diamond, Rod Barrett, Christopher P Carty, Martina Barzan, Azadeh Nasseri, David G Lloyd, David J Saxby, Stefanie Feih

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Alireza Y Bavil *Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Emmanuel Eghan-Acquah *Griffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Laura E DiamondGriffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Rod BarrettGriffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Christopher P CartyGriffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Martina BarzanGriffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
Azadeh NasseriGriffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
David G LloydGriffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia.
David J SaxbyGriffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia. d.saxby@griffith.edu.au.
Stefanie FeihGriffith Centre of Biomedical and Rehabilitation Engineering (GCORE), Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia. s.feih@griffith.edu.au.

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Australian Research Council IC180100024
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Abstract

Finite element analysis (FEA) is commonly used in orthopaedic research to estimate localised tissue stresses and strains. A variety of boundary conditions have been proposed for isolated femur analysis, but it remains unclear how these assumed constraints influence FEA predictions of bone biomechanics. This study compared the femoral head deflection (FHD), stresses, and strains elicited under four commonly used boundary conditions (fixed knee, mid-shaft constraint, springs, and isostatic methods) and benchmarked these mechanics against the gold standard inertia relief method for normal and pathological femurs (extreme anteversion and retroversion, coxa vara, and coxa valga). Simulations were performed for the stance phase of walking with the applied femoral loading determined from patient-specific neuromusculoskeletal models. Due to unrealistic biomechanics observed for the commonly used boundary conditions, we propose a novel biomechanical constraint method to generate physiological femur biomechanics. The biomechanical method yielded FHD (< 1 mm), strains (approaching 1000 µε), and stresses (< 60 MPa), which were consistent with physiological observations and similar to predictions from the inertia relief method (average coefficient of determination = 0.97, average normalized root mean square error = 0.17). Our results highlight the superior performance of the biomechanical method compared to current methods of constraint for  both healthy and pathological femurs.

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FemurFinite Element AnalysisGaitStress, MechanicalAdultBiomechanical PhenomenaComputer SimulationFemaleHumansMaleBone mechanicsBoundary conditionsFinite element analysisNeuromusculoskeletal modellingOrthopaedics

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PMCPMC11088641

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