2015 Computer methods in biomechanics and biomedical engineering
* Implementation of a gait cycle loading into healthy and meniscectomised knee joint models with fibril-reinforced articular cartilage.
- Computational models can be used to evaluate the functional properties of knee joints and possible risk locations within joints. Current models with fibril-reinforced cartilage layers do not provide information about realistic human movement during walking. This study aimed to evaluate stresses and strains within a knee joint by implementing load data from a gait cycle in healthy and meniscectomised knee joint models with fibril-reinforced cartilages. A 3D finite element model of a knee joint with cartilages and menisci was created from magnetic resonance images. The gait cycle data from varying joint rotations, translations and axial forces were taken from experimental studies and implemented into the model. Cartilage layers were modelled as a fibril-reinforced poroviscoelastic material with the menisci considered as a transversely isotropic elastic material. In the normal knee joint model, relatively high maximum principal stresses were specifically predicted to occur in the medial condyle of the knee joint during the loading response. Bilateral meniscectomy increased stresses, strains and fluid pressures in cartilage on the lateral side, especially during the first 50% of the stance phase of the gait cycle. During the entire stance phase, the superficial collagen fibrils modulated stresses of cartilage, especially in the medial tibial cartilage. The present computational model with a gait cycle and fibril-reinforced biphasic cartilage revealed time- and location-dependent differences in stresses, strains and fluid pressures occurring in cartilage during walking. The lateral meniscus was observed to have a more significant role in distributing loads across the knee joint than the medial meniscus, suggesting that meniscectomy might initiate a post-traumatic process leading to osteoarthritis at the lateral compartment of the knee joint.
=>模型, 作る, 形に表わす, 模範, モデル, 型, 模型の, 模範となる, かたどる, 手本, モデルをする,
手本となる
Overview of noun model
The noun model has 9 senses (first 7 from tagged texts)
1. (19) model, theoretical account, framework -- (a hypothetical description of a complex entity or
process; "the computer program was based on a model of the circulatory and respiratory systems")
2. (11) model -- (a type of product; "his car was an old model")
3. (6) model, poser -- (a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president
didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos")
4. (4) model, simulation -- (representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale))
5. (3) exemplar, example, model, good example -- (something to be imitated; "an exemplar of
success"; "a model of clarity"; "he is the very model of a modern major general")
6. (1) model, role model -- (someone worthy of imitation; "every child needs a role model")
7. (1) model, example -- (a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example")
8. mannequin, manikin, mannikin, manakin, fashion model, model -- (a woman who wears clothes to
display fashions; "she was too fat to be a mannequin")
9. model, modelling, modeling -- (the act of representing something (usually on a smaller scale))
Overview of verb model
The verb model has 6 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (1) model, pattern -- (plan or create according to a model or models)
2. (1) model, mold, mould -- (form in clay, wax, etc; "model a head with clay")
3. model, pose, sit, posture -- (assume a posture as for artistic purposes; "We don't know the woman
who posed for Leonardo so often")
4. model -- (display (clothes) as a mannequin; "model the latest fashion")
5. model, simulate -- (create a representation or model of; "The pilots are trained in conditions
simulating high-altitude flights")
6. model, mock up -- (construct a model of; "model an airplane")
Overview of adj model
The adj model has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) exemplary, model -- (worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens")
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