Influence of tension-band plates on the mechanical loading of the femoral growth plate during guided growth due to coronal plane deformities.

ABSTRACT: Introduction: Correction of knee malalignment by guided growth using a tension-band plate is a common therapy to prevent knee osteoarthritis among other things. This approach is based on the Hueter-Volkmann law stating that the length growth of bones is inhibited by compression and stimulated by tension. How the locally varying mechanical loading of the growth plate is influenced by the implant has not yet been investigated. This study combines load cases from the gait cycle with personalized geometry in order to investigate the mechanical influence of the tension-band plates. Methods: Personalized finite element models of four distal femoral epiphyses of three individuals, that had undergone guided growth, were generated. Load cases from the gait cycles and musculoskeletal m

SUBMITTER: Hucke L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10321528 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature