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Lower Extremities

  • @Derrick2019: ISB recommendations on the reporting of intersegmental forces and moments during human motion analysis

  • @McMurry2019: Evaluating the influence of knee airbags on lower limb and whole-body injury

Morphology

  • @Audenaert2019: Lower extremity statistical shape models, Gender differences, asymmetry

Knee Joint

  • Ali, 20201: Validated Computational Framework for Evaluation of In Vivo Knee Mechanics

  • Gu, 20202: Direct Validation of Human Knee-Joint Contact Mechanics Derived From Subject-Specific Finite-Element Models of the Tibiofemoral and Patellofemoral Joints

  • Cooper, 20193: Finite element models of the tibiofemoral joint: A review of validation approaches and modelling challenges

  • Erdemir, 20194: Deciphering the “Art” in Modeling and Simulation of the Knee Joint: Overall Strategy

This review provides an overview of the challenges involved in developing finite element models of the tibiofemoral joint, including the representation of appropriate geometry and material properties, loads and motions, and establishing pertinent outputs.

Femur

  • Villette, 20195: Influence of femoral external shape on internal architecture and fracture risk

  • Schileo, 20206: Cortical bone mapping improves finite element strain prediction accuracy at the proximal femur

  • Katz, 20207: New insights on the proximal femur biomechanics using Digital Image Correlation

  1. Azhar A. Ali, Erin M. Mannen, Paul J. Rullkoetter, and Kevin B. Shelburne. Validated computational framework for evaluation of in vivo knee mechanics. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, mar 2020. doi:10.1115/1.4045906. ↩

  2. Wei Gu and Marcus G. Pandy. Direct validation of human knee-joint contact mechanics derived from subject-specific finite-element models of the tibiofemoral and patellofemoral joints. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, feb 2020. doi:10.1115/1.4045594. ↩

  3. Robert J. Cooper, Ruth K. Wilcox, and Alison C. Jones. Finite element models of the tibiofemoral joint: a review of validation approaches and modelling challenges. Medical Engineering & Physics, 74:1–12, dec 2019. doi:10.1016/j.medengphy.2019.08.002. ↩

  4. Ahmet Erdemir, Thor F. Besier, Jason P. Halloran, Carl W. Imhauser, Peter J. Laz, Tina M. Morrison, and Kevin B. Shelburne. Deciphering the \textquotedblleft art\textquotedblright in modeling and simulation of the knee joint: overall strategy. Journal of Biomechanical Engineering, jun 2019. doi:10.1115/1.4043346. ↩

  5. C. C. Villette, J. Zhang, and A. T. M. Phillips. Influence of femoral external shape on internal architecture and fracture risk. Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology, nov 2019. doi:10.1007/s10237-019-01233-2. ↩

  6. Enrico Schileo, Jonathan Pitocchi, Cristina Falcinelli, and Fulvia Taddei. Cortical bone mapping improves finite element strain prediction accuracy at the proximal femur. Bone, pages 115348, mar 2020. doi:10.1016/j.bone.2020.115348. ↩

  7. Yekutiel Katz and Zohar Yosibash. New insights on the proximal femur biomechanics using digital image correlation. Journal of Biomechanics, 101:109599, mar 2020. doi:10.1016/j.jbiomech.2020.109599. ↩