Femoral neck strain prediction during level walking using a combined musculoskeletal and finite element model approach.

ABSTRACT: Recently, coupled musculoskeletal-finite element modelling approaches have emerged as a way to investigate femoral neck loading during various daily activities. Combining personalised gait data with finite element models will not only allow us to study changes in motion/movement, but also their effects on critical internal structures, such as the femur. However, previous studies have been hampered by the small sample size and the lack of fully personalised data in order to construct the coupled model. Therefore, the aim of this study was to build a pipeline for a fully personalised multiscale (body-organ level) model to investigate the strain levels at the femoral neck during a normal gait cycle. Five postmenopausal women were included in this study. The CT and MRI scans of the lower limb,

SUBMITTER: Altai Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7850486 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature