Open Knee: Open Source Modeling and Simulation in Knee Biomechanics.

ABSTRACT: Virtual representations of the knee joint can provide clinicians, scientists, and engineers the tools to explore mechanical functions of the knee and its tissue structures in health and disease. Modeling and simulation approaches such as finite element analysis also provide the possibility to understand the influence of surgical procedures and implants on joint stresses and tissue deformations. A large number of knee joint models are described in the biomechanics literature. However, freely accessible, customizable, and easy-to-use models are scarce. Availability of such models can accelerate clinical translation of simulations, where labor-intensive reproduction of model development steps can be avoided. Interested parties can immediately utilize readily available models for scientific di

SUBMITTER: Erdemir A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4876308 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature