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Rovedo P, Meine H, Hucker P, Taghizadeh E, Izadpanah K, Zaitsev M, Lange T. Time-Resolved Quantification of Patellofemoral Cartilage Deformation in Response to Loading and Unloading via Dynamic MRI With Prospective Motion Correction. J Magn Reson Imaging 2024; 60:175-183. [PMID: 37668040 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28986] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2023] [Revised: 08/16/2023] [Accepted: 08/16/2023] [Indexed: 09/06/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND In vivo cartilage deformation has been studied by static magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with in situ loading, but knowledge about strain dynamics after load onset and release is scarce. PURPOSE To measure the dynamics of patellofemoral cartilage deformation and recovery in response to in situ loading and unloading by using MRI with prospective motion correction. STUDY TYPE Prospective. SUBJECTS Ten healthy male volunteers (age: [31.4 ± 3.2] years). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE T1-weighted RF-spoiled 2D gradient-echo sequence with a golden angle radial acquisition scheme, augmented with prospective motion correction, at 3 T. ASSESSMENT In situ knee loading was realized with a flexion angle of approximately 40° using an MR-compatible pneumatic loading device. The loading paradigm consisted of 2 minutes of unloaded baseline followed by a 5-minute loading bout with 50% body weight and an unloading period of 38 minutes. The cartilage strain was assessed as the mean distance between patellar and femoral bone-cartilage interfaces as a percentage of the initial (pre-load) distance. STATISTICAL TESTS Wilcoxon signed-rank tests (significance level: P < 0.05), Pearson correlation coefficient (r). RESULTS The cartilage compression and recovery behavior was characterized by a viscoelastic response. The elastic compression ([-12.5 ± 3.1]%) was significantly larger than the viscous compression ([-7.6 ± 1.5]%) and the elastic recovery ([10.5 ± 2.1]%) was significantly larger than the viscous recovery ([6.1 ± 1.8]%). There was a significant residual offset strain ([-3.6 ± 2.3]%) across the cohort. A significant negative correlation between elastic compression and elastic recovery was observed (r = -0.75). DATA CONCLUSION The in vivo cartilage compression and recovery time course in response to loading was successfully measured via dynamic MRI with prospective motion correction. The clinical relevance of the strain characteristics needs to be assessed in larger subject and patient cohorts. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 2 TECHNICAL EFFICACY: Stage 1.
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- Philipp Rovedo
- Division of Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Medical Image Computing Group, Department of Informatics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Bremen, Germany
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- Division of Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Medical Image Computing Group, Department of Informatics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
- Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Lunser MK, Hurdle MF, Taylor WC, Bertasi RAO, Bertasi TGO, Kurklinsky S, Cooper GM, Garner HW, Helmi H, Pujalte GGA. Ultrasound Measurement of Femoral Articular Cartilage Thickness Before and After Marathon Running. Cureus 2024; 16:e52870. [PMID: 38406107 PMCID: PMC10894013 DOI: 10.7759/cureus.52870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/23/2024] [Indexed: 02/27/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to use ultrasonography to measure femoral articular cartilage thickness changes during marathon running, which could support MRI studies showing that deformation of knee cartilage during long-distance running is no greater than that for other weight-bearing activities. MATERIALS AND METHODS Participants included 38 marathon runners with no knee pain or history of knee injury, aged 18-39. Ultrasound images of the femoral articular cartilage were taken two hours before and immediately after the race. Femoral articular cartilage thickness was measured at both the medial and lateral femoral condyles. RESULTS The maximum change in femoral articular cartilage thickness, measured at the left outer lateral femoral condyle, was 6.94% (P=.006). All other femoral articular cartilage thickness changes were not significant. CONCLUSION A change in femoral articular cartilage thickness of 6.94% supports our hypothesis that long-distance running does not induce deformational changes greater than that of regular daily activities. This study using ultrasonography supports MRI evidence that knee cartilage tolerates marathon running well.
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- Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Morningside West, New York, USA
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Mount Sinai Morningside West, New York, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA
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- Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, USA
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Xu C, Aloi N, Gale T, Nishida K, Fu F, Anderst W. Symmetry in knee arthrokinematics in healthy collegiate athletes during fast running and drop jump revealed through dynamic biplane radiography. Osteoarthritis Cartilage 2023; 31:1501-1514. [PMID: 37394227 DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2023.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2023] [Revised: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Changes in cartilage contact area and/or contact location after knee injury can initiate and exacerbate cartilage degeneration. Typically, the contralateral knee is used as a surrogate for native cartilage contact patterns on the injured knee. However, symmetry in cartilage contact patterns between healthy knees during high-impact activities is unknown. METHOD Tibiofemoral kinematics were measured on 19 collegiate athletes during fast running and drop jump using dynamic biplane radiography and a validated registration process that matched computed tomography (CT)-based bone models to the biplane radiographs. Cartilage contact area and location were measured with participant-specific magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based cartilage models superimposed on the CT-based bone models. Symmetry in cartilage contact area and location was assessed by the absolute side-to-side differences (SSD) within participants. RESULTS The SSD in contact area during running (7.7 ± 6.1% and 8.0 ± 4.6% in the medial and lateral compartments, respectively) was greater than during drop jump (4.2 ± 3.7% and 5.7 ± 2.6%, respectively) (95% CI of the difference: medial [2.4%, 6.6%], lateral [1.5%, 4.9%]). The average SSD in contact location was 3.5 mm or less in the anterior-posterior (AP) direction and 2.1 mm or less in the medial-lateral (ML) direction on the femur and tibia for both activities. The SSD in AP contact location on the femur was greater during running than during drop jump (95% CI of the difference: medial [1.6 mm, 3.6 mm], lateral [0.6 mm, 1.9 mm]). CONCLUSION This study provides context for interpreting results from previous studies on tibiofemoral arthrokinematics. Previously reported differences between ligament-repaired and contralateral knee arthrokinematics fall within the range of typical SSDs observed in healthy athletes. Previously reported arthrokinematics differences that exceed SSDs found in these healthy athletes occur only in the presence of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) deficiency or meniscectomy.
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- Caiqi Xu
- Department of Sports Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated Sixth People's Hospital, Shanghai, China; Biodynamics Lab, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Biodynamics Lab, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Biodynamics Lab, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University of Pittsburgh, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Biodynamics Lab, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan
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- University of Pittsburgh, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Biodynamics Lab, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; University of Pittsburgh, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Macica CM, Tommasini SM. Biomechanical Impact of Phosphate Wasting on Articular Cartilage Using the Murine Hyp Model of X-linked hypophosphatemia. JBMR Plus 2023; 7:e10796. [PMID: 37808393 PMCID: PMC10556269 DOI: 10.1002/jbm4.10796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2023] [Revised: 06/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/19/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023] Open
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Degenerative osteoarthritis (OA) is recognized as an early-onset comorbidity of X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH), contributing to pain and stiffness and limiting range of motion and activities of daily living. Here, we extend prior findings describing biochemical and cellular changes of articular cartilage (AC) in the phosphate-wasting environment of XLH to determine the impact of these changes on the biomechanical properties of AC in compression and potential role in the etiology of OA. We hypothesize that despite increased proteoglycan biosynthesis, disruption of the mineralized zone of AC impacts the mechanical properties of cartilage that function to accommodate loads and that therapeutic restoration of this zone will improve the mechanical properties of AC. Data were compared between three groups: wild type (WT), Hyp, and Hyp mice treated with calcitriol and oral phosphate. EPIC microCT confirmed AC mineral deficits and responsiveness to therapy. MicroCT of the Hyp subchondral bone plate revealed that treatment improved trabecular bone volume (BV/TV) but remained significantly lower than WT mice in other trabecular microstructures (p < 0.05). Microindentation AC studies revealed that, compared with WT mice, the mean stiffness of tibial AC was significantly lower in untreated Hyp mice (2.65 ± 0.95 versus 0.87 ± 0.33 N/mm, p < 0.001) and improved with therapy (2.15 + 0.38 N/mm) to within WT values. Stress relaxation of AC under compressive loading displayed similar biphasic relaxation time constants (Taufast and Tauslow) between controls and Hyp mice, although Tauslow trended toward slowed relaxation times. In addition, Taufast and Tauslow times correlated with peak load in WT mice (r = 0.80; r = 0.78, respectively), whereas correlation coefficient values for Hyp mice (r = 0.46; r = 0.21) improved with treatment (r = 0.71; r = 0.56). These data provide rationale for therapies that both preserve AC stiffness and recovery from compression. The Hyp mouse also provides unique insight into determinants of structural stiffness and the viscoelastic properties of AC in the progression of OA. © 2023 The Authors. JBMR Plus published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Carolyn M Macica
- Connecticut Children's Research InstituteHartfordCTUSA
- Department of PharmacologyYale University School of MedicineNew HavenCTUSA
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- Department of Orthopaedics and RehabilitationYale University School of MedicineNew HavenCTUSA
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Li Q, Miramini S, Smith DW, Gardiner BS, Zhang L. Osteochondral junction leakage and cartilage joint lubrication. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2023; 230:107353. [PMID: 36736148 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2023.107353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Revised: 12/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Previous studies have shown that there is potentially interstitial fluid exchange between cartilage tissue and the subarticular spongiosa region in the case of injury or disease (e.g., osteoarthritis and osteoporosis). Interstitial flow is also required for cartilage lubrication under joint load. A key question then is how cartilage lubrication is modified by increased interstitial fluid leakage across the osteochondral junction. Thus, the purpose of this study is to develop a numerical model to investigate changes in cartilage lubrication with changes in osteochondral junction leakage. METHODS The multi-phase coupled model includes domains corresponding to the contact gap, cartilage tissue and subchondral bone plate region (ScBP). Each of these domains are treated as poroelastic systems, with their coupling implemented through mass and pressure continuity. The effects of osteochondral junction leakage on lubrication were investigated with a parametric study on the relative permeability between the ScBP and cartilage tissue. RESULTS Significant effects of ScBP permeability were predicted, especially during the early stage of the junction leakage development (early stage of the disease). There is a significant reduction in mixed-mode lubrication duration under the effect of increased junction leakage (the cartilage tissue mixed-mode lubrication duration is about 33% decrease for a relative permeability ratio of 0.1 between ScBP and cartilage tissue, and about 52% decrease under the osteoarthritis condition). In addition, the time for cartilage to reach steady-state consolidation is significantly reduced when ScBP permeability increases (the consolidation time reduces from roughly 2 h to 1.2 h when the relative permeability ratio increases from 0.001 to 0.1, and it reduces to 0.8 h for an advanced osteoarthritis condition). It is predicted that the initial friction coefficient could increase by over 60% when the ScBP permeability is consistent with an advanced osteoarthritis (OA) condition. CONCLUSION Increased osteochondral junction leakage induced by joint injury and disease could result in increased cartilage surface wear rates due to more rapid interstitial fluid depressurization within articular cartilage.
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- Qin Li
- Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing, The University of Western Australia, WA 6009, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Murdoch University, WA 6150, Australia
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- Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia.
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Lange T, Sturm L, Jungmann PM, Jung M, Ovsepyan S, Reisert M, Schmal H, Wenning M. Biomechanical Effects of Chronic Ankle Instability on the Talar Cartilage Matrix: The Value of T1ρ Relaxation Mapping Without and With Mechanical Loading. J Magn Reson Imaging 2023; 57:611-619. [PMID: 35611813 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND T1ρ mapping has been proposed for the detection of early cartilage degeneration associated with chronic ankle instability (CAI). However, there are limited data surrounding the influence of ankle loading on T1ρ relaxation. PURPOSE To evaluate T1ρ relaxation times of talar cartilage, as an indicator of early degenerative changes, associated with CAI and to investigate the influence of acute axial in situ loading on T1ρ values in CAI patients and healthy controls. STUDY TYPE Prospective. SUBJECTS A total of 9 patients (age = 21.8 ± 2.5 years, male/female = 2/7) with chronic ankle instability and 18 healthy control subjects (age = 22.8 ± 3.6 years, male/female = 5/13). FIELD STRENGTH 3 T. SEQUENCE 3D gradient echo fast low-angle shot (FLASH) sequence augmented with a variable spin-lock preparation period. ASSESSMENT Ankle T1ρ mapping was performed without and with axial loading of 500 N. The talar cartilage was segmented in five coronal slices covering the central talocrural joint. Median talar T1ρ values were separately calculated for the medial and lateral facets. STATISTICAL TESTS Mann-Whitney U and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests, significance level: P < 0.05. RESULTS For the combined cohorts, the statistical analysis yielded significantly lower T1ρ values with loading compared to the no-load measurement for both the lateral (no load: [51.0 ± 4.0] msec, load: [49.5 ± 5.4] msec) as well as the medial compartment (no load: [50.0 ± 5.4] msec, load: [47.8 ± 6.8] msec). In the unloaded scans, the CAI patients showed significantly increased talar T1ρ values ([53.0 ± 7.4] mse ) compared to the healthy control subjects ([48.8 ± 4.1] msec) in the medial compartment. DATA CONCLUSION Increased talar T1ρ relaxation times in CAI patients compared to healthy controls suggest that T1ρ relaxation is a sensitive biomarker for CAI-induced early-stage cartilage degeneration. However, the load-induced T1ρ change did not prove to be a viable marker for the altered biomechanical properties of the hyaline talar cartilage. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 2 LEVEL OF EFFICACY: Stage 2.
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- Thomas Lange
- Division of Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Division of Medical Physics, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Gao L, Liu G, Tan Y, Li R, Zhang C, Gao H, Zhao B. Creep-recovery behaviors of articular cartilage under uniaxial and biaxial tensile loadings. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2023; 10:1085062. [PMID: 36704296 PMCID: PMC9871245 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.1085062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Accepted: 12/28/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Creep deformation in cartilage can be observed under physiological loads in daily activities such as standing, single-leg lunge, the stance phase of gait. If not fully recovered in time, it may induce irreversible damage in cartilage and further lead to early osteoarthritis. In this study, 36 cruciform-shape samples in total from 18 bulls were employed to conduct the uniaxial and biaxial creep-recovery tests by using a biaxial cyclic testing system. Effects of stress level (σ = .5, 1.0, 1.5 MPa) and biaxial stress ratio (B = 0, .3, .5, 1.0) on creep-recovery behaviors of cartilage were characterized. And then, a viscoelastic constitutive model was employed to predict its creep-recovery behaviors. The results showed that the creep strain and its three components, namely instantaneous elastic strain, delayed elastic strain and viscous flow strain, increase with the increasing stress level or with the decreasing biaxial stress ratio. Compared with uniaxial creep-recovery, biaxial creep-recovery exhibits a smaller creep strain, a faster recovery rate of creep strain and a smaller residual strain. Besides, the built viscoelastic model can be used to describe the uniaxial creep-recovery behaviors of cartilage as a good correlation between the fitted results and test results is achieved. The findings are expected to provide new insights into understanding normal joint function and cartilage pathology.
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- Lilan Gao
- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China,*Correspondence: Yansong Tan, ; Chunqiu Zhang,
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- Tianjin Stomatological Hospital, The Affiliated Stomatological Hospital of Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Oral and Maxillofacial Function Reconstruction, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China,*Correspondence: Yansong Tan, ; Chunqiu Zhang,
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
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- Tianjin Key Laboratory for Advanced Mechatronic System Design and Intelligent Control, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China,National Demonstration Center for Experimental Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Education, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, China
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Miramini S, Smith DW, Gardiner BS, Zhang L. Computational Modelling for Managing Pathways to Cartilage Failure. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2023; 1402:83-93. [PMID: 37052848 DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-25588-5_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/14/2023]
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Over several decades the perception and therefore description of articular cartilage changed substantially. It has transitioned from being described as a relatively inert tissue with limited repair capacity, to a tissue undergoing continuous maintenance and even adaption, through a range of complex regulatory processes. Even from the narrower lens of biomechanics, the engagement with articular cartilage has changed from it being an interesting, slippery material found in the hostile mechanical environment between opposing long bones, to an intriguing example of mechanobiology in action. The progress revealing this complexity, where physics, chemistry, material science and biology are merging, has been described with increasingly sophisticated computational models. Here we describe how these computational models of cartilage as an integrated system can be combined with the approach of structural reliability analysis. That is, causal, deterministic models placed in the framework of the probabilistic approach of structural reliability analysis could be used to understand, predict, and mitigate the risk of cartilage failure or pathology. At the heart of this approach is seeing cartilage overuse and disease processes as a 'material failure', resulting in failure to perform its function, which is largely mechanical. One can then describe pathways to failure, for example, how homeostatic repair processes can be overwhelmed leading to a compromised tissue. To illustrate this 'pathways to failure' approach, we use the interplay between cartilage consolidation and lubrication to analyse the increase in expected wear rates associated with cartilage defects or meniscectomy.
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- Saeed Miramini
- Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- School of Physics, Mathematics and Computing, The University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Innovative Therapeutics, Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia.
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- Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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Petitjean N, Canadas P, Royer P, Noël D, Le Floc'h S. Cartilage biomechanics: From the basic facts to the challenges of tissue engineering. J Biomed Mater Res A 2022; 111:1067-1089. [PMID: 36583681 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.37478] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Articular cartilage (AC) is the thin tissue that covers the long bone ends in the joints and that ensures the transmission of forces between adjacent bones while allowing nearly frictionless movements between them. AC repair is a technologic and scientific challenge that has been addressed with numerous approaches. A major deadlock is the capacity to take in account its complex mechanical properties in repair strategies. In this review, we first describe the major mechanical behaviors of AC for the non-specialists. Then, we show how researchers have progressively identified specific mechanical parameters using mathematical models. There are still gaps in our understanding of some of the observations concerning AC biomechanical properties, particularly the differences in extracellular matrix stiffness measured at the microscale and at the millimetric scale. Nevertheless, for bioengineering applications, AC repair strategies must take into account what are commonly considered the main mechanical features of cartilage: its ability to withstand high stresses through three main behaviors (elasticity, poroelasticity and swelling). Finally, we emphasize that future studies need to investigate AC mechanical properties at different scales, particularly the gradient of mechanical properties around cells and across the cartilage depth, and the differences in mechanical properties at different scales. This multi-scale approach could greatly enhance the success of AC restorative approaches.
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- LMGC, University of Montpellier, CNRS, Montpellier, France
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- IRMB, University of Montpellier, INSERM, Montpellier, France.,Clinical Immunology and Osteoarticular Disease Therapeutic Unit, Department of Rheumatology, CHU Montpellier, France
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Frodl A, Lange T, Siegel M, Meine H, Taghizadeh E, Schmal H, Izadpanah K. Individual Influence of Trochlear Dysplasia on Patellofemoral Kinematics after Isolated MPFL Reconstruction. J Pers Med 2022; 12:jpm12122049. [PMID: 36556269 PMCID: PMC9786691 DOI: 10.3390/jpm12122049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 12/05/2022] [Accepted: 12/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION The influence of the MPFL graft in cases of patella instability with dysplastic trochlea is a controversial topic. The effect of the MPFL reconstruction as single therapy is under investigation, especially with severely dysplastic trochlea (Dejour types C and D). The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of trochlear dysplasia on patellar kinematics in patients suffering from low flexion patellar instability under weight-bearing conditions after isolated MPFL reconstruction. MATERIAL AND METHODS Thirteen patients were included in this study, among them were eight patients with mild dysplasia (Dejour type A and B) and five patients with severe dysplasia (Dejour type C and D). By performing a knee MRI with in situ loading, patella kinematics and the patellofemoral cartilage contact area could be measured under the activation of the quadriceps musculature in knee flexion angles of 0°, 15° and 30°. To mitigate MRI motion artefacts, prospective motion correction based on optical tracking was applied. Bone and cartilage segmentation were performed semi-automatically for further data analysis. Cartilage contact area (CCA) and patella tilt were the main outcome measures for this study. Pre- and post-surgery measures were compared for each group. RESULTS Data visualized a trending lower patella tilt after MPFL graft installation in both groups and flexion angles of the knee. There were no significant changes in patella tilt at 0° (unloaded pre-surgery: 22.6 ± 15.2; post-surgery: 17.7 ± 14.3; p = 0.110) and unloaded 15° flexion (pre-surgery: 18.9 ± 12.7; post-surgery: 12.2 ± 13.0; p = 0.052) of the knee in patients with mild dysplasia, whereas in patients with severe dysplasia of the trochlea the results happened not to be significant in the same angles with loading of 5 kg (0° flexion pre-surgery: 34.4 ± 12.1; post-surgery: 31.2 ± 16.1; p = 0.5; 15° flexion pre-surgery: 33.3 ± 6.1; post-surgery: 23.4 ± 8.6; p = 0.068). CCA increased in every flexion angle and group, but significant increase was seen only between 0°-15° (unloaded and loaded) in mild dysplasia of the trochlea, where significant increase in Dejour type C and D group was seen with unloaded full extension of the knee (0° flexion) and 30° flexion (unloaded and loaded). CONCLUSION This study proves a significant effect of the MPFL graft to cartilage contact area, as well as an improvement of the patella tilt in patients with mild dysplasia of the trochlea. Thus, the MPFL can be used as a single treatment for patient with Dejour type A and B dysplasia. However, in patients with severe dysplasia the MPFL graft alone does not significantly increase CCA.
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- Andreas Frodl
- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Freiburg University Hospital, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Freiburg University Hospital, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Freiburg University Hospital, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine, 28359 Freiburg, Germany
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine, 28359 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Odense, Sdr. Boulevard 29, 5000 Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Freiburg University Hospital, 79106 Freiburg, Germany
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van Minnen BS, van der Veen AJ, van de Groes SAW, Verdonschot NJJ, van Tienen TG. An anatomically shaped medial meniscus prosthesis is able to partially restore the contact mechanics of the meniscectomized knee joint. J Exp Orthop 2022; 9:91. [PMID: 36071256 PMCID: PMC9452619 DOI: 10.1186/s40634-022-00531-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/31/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Purpose The aim of this study was to determine whether a flexible medial meniscus prosthesis is more capable of sharing loads with the direct tibiofemoral cartilage contact than the stiffer first-generation prosthesis. Additionally, the effect of the prosthesis on the tibial pressure distribution after total meniscectomy was investigated. Methods In an artificial knee joint, the relative amounts of load transferred through both meniscus prostheses and the direct tibiofemoral contact were assessed with pressure-sensitive sensors. Additionally, six cadaveric knee joints were loaded in a physiological environment. Tibial contact pressures were measured with an intact native meniscus, after total meniscectomy and after implantation of the second-generation meniscus prosthesis. Results Whereas the first generation of the meniscus prosthesis transferred virtually all the load from femur to tibia, the second-generation prosthesis allowed for load sharing with the direct tibiofemoral contact. No differences in load sharing were found between the native meniscus and the second-generation meniscus prosthesis. The prosthesis decreased peak and mean pressures on the medial tibial cartilage compared to meniscectomy. No significant differences in pressure were found between the native meniscus and the meniscus prosthesis. Conclusions The second-generation meniscus prosthesis presented in this study can share loads with the direct tibiofemoral contact, a characteristic that the first-generation prosthesis did not have. The flexible meniscus prosthesis significantly reduces the contact pressures on the medial tibial plateau after total meniscectomy. Although the biomechanical performance of the native meniscus could not be reproduced completely, the meniscus prosthesis may have the potential to relieve post-meniscectomy pain symptoms.
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- Branco S van Minnen
- Orthopaedic Research Lab, Radboud University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. .,ATRO Medical B.V., Liessentstraat 9A, 5405 AH, Uden, The Netherlands.
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- Orthopaedic Research Lab, Radboud University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,ATRO Medical B.V., Liessentstraat 9A, 5405 AH, Uden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Radboud University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Orthopaedic Research Lab, Radboud University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,Department of Biomechanical Engineering, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands
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- Orthopaedic Research Lab, Radboud University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.,ATRO Medical B.V., Liessentstraat 9A, 5405 AH, Uden, The Netherlands
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Liao J, Liu X, Miramini S, Zhang L. Influence of variability and uncertainty in vertical and horizontal surface roughness on articular cartilage lubrication. Comput Biol Med 2022; 148:105904. [DOI: 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2022.105904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2022] [Revised: 07/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Chen WM, Yu Y, Geng X, Wang C, Chen L, Ma X. Modulation of internal tissue stresses of the knee via control of variable-stiffness properties in a 3D-printed footwear: A combined experimental and finite element analysis. Med Eng Phys 2022; 104:103800. [DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2022.103800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2021] [Revised: 03/19/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Multiscale modelling for investigating the long-term time-dependent biphasic behaviour of the articular cartilage in the natural hip joint. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2022; 21:1145-1155. [PMID: 35482145 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-022-01581-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 03/25/2022] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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A better understanding of the time-dependent biomechanical behaviour of the biphasic hip articular cartilage (AC) under physiological loadings is important to understand the onset of joint pathology and guide the clinical treatment. Current computational studies for the biphasic hip AC were usually limited to short-term duration or using elaborate loading. The present study aimed to develop a multiscale computational modelling to investigate the long-term biphasic behaviour of the hip AC under physiological loadings over multiple gait cycles. Two-scale computational modelling including a musculoskeletal model and a finite element model of the natural hip was created. These two models were then combined and used to investigate the biphasic behaviour of hip AC over 80 gait cycles. The results showed that the interstitial fluid pressure in the AC supported over 89% of the loading during gait. When the contact area was located at the AC centre, the contact pressure and fluid pressure increased over time from the first cycle to the 80th cycle, while when the contact area approached the edge, these pressures decreased first dramatically and then slowly over time. The peak stresses and strains in the solid matrix of the AC remained at a low level and increased over time from the first cycle to the 80th cycle. This study demonstrated that the long-term temporal variations of the biphasic behaviour of hip AC under physiological loadings are significant. The methodology has potentially important implications in the biomechanical studies of human cartilage and supporting the development of cartilage substitution.
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Hua X, Li J, De Pieri E, Ferguson SJ. Multiscale biomechanics of the biphasic articular cartilage in the natural hip joint during routine activities. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2022; 215:106606. [PMID: 35016083 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2021] [Revised: 11/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The investigation of the biomechanical behaviour of the articular cartilage (AC) under physiological loading is important to understand the joint function and onset of pathologies. This study aimed to develop a multiscale computational modelling approach and apply the approach to investigate the time-dependant biphasic behaviour of the AC in the natural hip joint under repetitive physiological loading over 80 cycles amongst six routine activities. METHODS A subject-specific musculoskeletal multibody dynamics (MBD) model was developed based on the anthropometry and motion capture data collected for a male subject. A corresponding FE model of the natural hip joint with biphasic AC was created based on the bone geometries exported from the MBD model. A multiscale computational modelling was then developed to couple the MBD model and the FE model and used to investigate the time-dependant biphasic behaviour of the AC under subject-specific physiological loading over 80 cycles amongst six routine activities. RESULTS The results showed that for all the activities considered, the interstitial fluid pressure in the AC supported over 80% of the loading. The maximum values of the peak contact pressure and peak fluid pressure for the whole cycle increased firstly and then remained stable over time from the 1st cycle to the 80th cycle. At these instants, the contact areas were located at the centre region of the AC. By contrast, when the contact area was located at the edge of the AC, these peak pressures were found to increase over time for some of the activities (squat, ascending stairs, descending stairs) but decrease for the other activities (normal walking, standing up, sitting down). CONCLUSION This study for the first time developed a multiscale computational modelling approach to couple a musculoskeletal MBD model of the body and a detailed FE model of the natural hip joint with biphasic AC, which enabled the evaluation of time-dependant biphasic behaviour of the AC under realistic physiological loading conditions. The study may have important implications in biomechanical studies of human cartilage to understand the joint function and biomechanical factors related to joint disease, and to support the development of cartilage substitution.
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- Xijin Hua
- Institute for Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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- Tribology Research Institute, School of Mechanical Engineering, Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu, China
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- Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; University of Basel Children's Hospital, Laboratory for Movement Analysis, Basel, Switzerland; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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Uzuner S, Kuntze G, Li LP, Ronsky JL, Kucuk S. Creep behavior of human knee joint determined with high-speed biplanar video-radiography and finite element simulation. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2021; 125:104905. [PMID: 34700107 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2021.104905] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/04/2021] [Revised: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 10/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Creep and relaxation of knee cartilage and meniscus have been extensively studied at the tissue level with constitutive laws well established. At the joint level, however, both experimental and model studies have been focused on either elastic or kinematic responses of the knee, where the time-dependent response is typically neglected for simplicity. The objectives of this study were to quantify the in-vivo creep behavior of human knee joints produced by the cartilaginous tissues and to use the relevant data to validate a previously proposed poromechanical model. Two participants with no history of leg injury volunteered for 3T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of their unloaded right knees and for biplanar video-radiography (BVR) of the same knees during standing on an instrumented treadmill for 10 min. Approximately 550 temporal data points were obtained for the in-vivo displacement of the right femur relative to the tibia of the knee. Models of the bones and soft tissues were derived from the MRI. The bone models were used to reconstruct the 3D bone kinematics measured using BVR. Ground reaction forces were simultaneously recorded for the right leg, which were used as input for the subject-specific finite element knee models. Cartilaginous tissues were modeled as fluid-saturated fibril-reinforced materials. In-vivo creep of the knee was experimentally observed for both participants, i.e., the joint displacement increased with time while the reaction forces at the foot were approximately constant. The creep displacements obtained from the finite element models compared well with the experimental data when the tissue properties were calibrated (Pearson correlation coefficient = 0.99). The results showed the capacity of the poromechanical knee model to capture the creep response of the joint. The combined experimental and model study may be used to understand the fluid-pressure load support and contact mechanics of the joint using material properties calibrated from the displacement data, which enhance the fidelity of model results.
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- S Uzuner
- Department of Mechatronics, Dr. Engin PAK Cumayeri Vocational School, University of Duzce, Cumayeri, Duzce, Marmara, 81700, Turkey.
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- Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4.
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- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, T2N 1N4
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Kocaeli, Izmit, Kocaeli, Marmara, 41001, Turkey
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Caravaggi P, Assirelli E, Ensini A, Ortolani M, Mariani E, Leardini A, Neri S, Belvedere C. Biomechanical-Based Protocol for in vitro Study of Cartilage Response to Cyclic Loading: A Proof-of-Concept in Knee Osteoarthritis. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:634327. [PMID: 34012954 PMCID: PMC8126668 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.634327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2020] [Accepted: 04/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is an evolving disease and a major cause of pain and impaired mobility. A deeper understanding of cartilage metabolism in response to loading is critical to achieve greater insight into OA mechanisms. While physiological joint loading helps maintain cartilage integrity, reduced or excessive loading have catabolic effects. The main scope of this study is to present an original methodology potentially capable to elucidate the effect of cyclic joint loading on cartilage metabolism, to identify mechanisms involved in preventing or slowing down OA progression, and to provide preliminary data on its application. In the proposed protocol, the combination of biomechanical data and medical imaging are integrated with molecular information about chondrocyte mechanotransduction and tissue homeostasis. The protocol appears to be flexible and suitable to analyze human OA knee cartilage explants, with different degrees of degeneration, undergoing ex vivo realistic cyclic joint loading estimated via gait analysis in patients simulating mild activities of daily living. The modulation of molecules involved in cartilage homeostasis, mechanotransduction, inflammation, pain and wound healing can be analyzed in chondrocytes and culture supernatants. A thorough analysis performed with the proposed methodology, combining in vivo functional biomechanical evaluations with ex vivo molecular assessments is expected to provide new insights on the beneficial effects of physiological loading and contribute to the design and optimization of non-pharmacological treatments limiting OA progression.
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- Paolo Caravaggi
- Movement Analysis Laboratory, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Immunorheumatology and Tissue Regeneration, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- I Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Clinic, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Movement Analysis Laboratory, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Immunorheumatology and Tissue Regeneration, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy.,Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
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- Movement Analysis Laboratory, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Laboratory of Immunorheumatology and Tissue Regeneration, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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- Movement Analysis Laboratory, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy
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Han G, Chowdhury U, Eriten M, Henak CR. Relaxation capacity of cartilage is a critical factor in rate- and integrity-dependent fracture. Sci Rep 2021; 11:9527. [PMID: 33947908 PMCID: PMC8096812 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-88942-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 04/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Articular cartilage heals poorly but experiences mechanically induced damage across a broad range of loading rates and matrix integrity. Because loading rates and matrix integrity affect cartilage mechanical responses due to poroviscoelastic relaxation mechanisms, their effects on cartilage failure are important for assessing and preventing failure. This paper investigated rate- and integrity-dependent crack nucleation in cartilage from pre- to post-relaxation timescales. Rate-dependent crack nucleation and relaxation responses were obtained as a function of matrix integrity through microindentation. Total work for crack nucleation increased with decreased matrix integrity, and with decreased loading rates. Critical energy release rate of intact cartilage was estimated as 2.39 ± 1.39 to 2.48 ± 1.26 kJ m-2 in a pre-relaxation timescale. These findings showed that crack nucleation is delayed when cartilage can accommodate localized loading through poroviscoelastic relaxation mechanisms before fracture at a given loading rate and integrity state.
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- G Han
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 111 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1513 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1513 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1513 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1550 University Ave., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
- Department of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1111 Highland Ave., Madison, WI, 53705, USA.
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Liao J, Smith DW, Miramini S, Gardiner BS, Zhang L. A Probabilistic Failure Risk Approach to The Problem of Articular Cartilage Lubrication. COMPUTER METHODS AND PROGRAMS IN BIOMEDICINE 2021; 203:106053. [PMID: 33761367 DOI: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2021.106053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The geometrical and mechanical properties that characterise the cartilage contact gap are uncertain and spatially varied. To date the effects of such uncertainties on cartilage lubrication have not been explored. Using a probabilistic approach, the purpose of this study is to numerically investigate the influence of surficial cartilage glycoaminoglycan (GAG) content on joint lubrication behaviour. Gap asperity stiffness and polymer brush border (PBB) thickness are affected by the uncertainty of surficial GAG concentration, and so their correlated effects in maintaining hydrodynamic joint lubrication are investigated. METHODS Correlated sampling data are first generated by Monte Carlo simulation. These data are used as inputs for the cartilage contact model, which includes three distinctive features of cartilage tissue (tension-compression nonlinearity, aggrecan dependent permeability and compressive modulus) and fluid flow resistance effects of PBB on cartilage surface. The degree of hydrodynamic lubrication after thirty minutes of constant loading is used as an indicator for assessing the lubrication performance at the contact interface. RESULTS The increase of PBB thickness with GAG concentration enhances the hydrodynamic lubrication component in the cartilage contact gap, whereas increasing the asperity stiffness with GAG concentration impairs hydrodynamic lubrication. GAG loss rate increases with the rise of GAG concentration. More aggrecan shedding through the surface could result in a thicker and denser PBB, and therefore enhance the lubrication performance in mixed-mode regime. On the other hand, higher GAG content makes the asperities stiffer, which may impede contact gap closure, and thus encourage gap fluid loss and impair the lubrication performance of cartilage. CONCLUSION The lubrication performance of cartilage varies with the physiological conditions of the joint. Since a range of variables are internally related, the outcomes on joint lubrication are difficult to predict. A probabilistic approach accounting for the uncertainties can potentially result in more accurate evaluations of joint lubrication performance.
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- JinJing Liao
- Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- Faculty of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, WA 6009, Australia
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- Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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- College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University, WA 6150, Australia
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- Department of Infrastructure Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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Current Measurement Strategies of Coronal Tibiofemoral Subluxation: A Systematic Review of Literature. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2021; 216:1183-1192. [PMID: 33729875 DOI: 10.2214/ajr.20.23503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVE. Coronal tibiofemoral (TF) subluxation has generated interest in the last several years due to newfound clinical implications of its presence. However, controversy within the literature concerning how to measure and calculate coronal TF subluxation on radiographic imaging remains. The purpose of this study was to describe how coronal TF subluxation is being measured and calculated in the literature with the goal of describing a reproducible and validated technique for clinical adoption. MATERIALS AND METHODS. A PubMed literature search was performed in March 2020 according to PRISMA guidelines. The terms "tibiofemoral subluxation" and "tibial femoral subluxation" were included in the search. Criteria of interest included radiographic view and evaluation, anatomic landmarks used, and measurement validity. RESULTS. Review of relevant literature resulted in 744 articles, 16 of which met our inclusion criteria. A wide range of measuring techniques, anatomic landmarks, and radiographic views were used with varying validity. Full-limb radiographic views were the most common. Six studies measured the translation of the mechanical axes of the tibia and femur. Eight studies measured the translation of either femoral condyle in reference to the tibial plateau. Coordinate-based software with the iterative closest point algorithm was used in two studies. Whether coronal TF subluxation should be divided by tibial plateau width to account for knee size was controversial. CONCLUSION. A variety of approaches exist for diagnosing and quantifying coronal TF subluxation because of the lack of clear anatomic landmarks within the TF joint that can be used to measure coronal TF subluxation in the horizontal plane. Even when using the same anatomic landmarks, studies varied on how to measure coronal TF subluxation radiographically and whether knee size should be accounted for. Further studies are necessary to standardize (via inter- and intraobserver validation with a control group) an easy, reproducible, and minimally biased approach to measuring coronal TF subluxation on radiographic imaging. We believe our systematic review succinctly provides the necessary information to either develop such a tool or encourage future studies to compare existing techniques to find the most reliable and clinically useful approach for evaluating coronal TF subluxation.
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Monaco G, El Haj AJ, Alini M, Stoddart MJ. Ex Vivo Systems to Study Chondrogenic Differentiation and Cartilage Integration. J Funct Morphol Kinesiol 2021; 6:E6. [PMID: 33466400 PMCID: PMC7838775 DOI: 10.3390/jfmk6010006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Revised: 12/18/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Articular cartilage injury and repair is an issue of growing importance. Although common, defects of articular cartilage present a unique clinical challenge due to its poor self-healing capacity, which is largely due to its avascular nature. There is a critical need to better study and understand cellular healing mechanisms to achieve more effective therapies for cartilage regeneration. This article aims to describe the key features of cartilage which is being modelled using tissue engineered cartilage constructs and ex vivo systems. These models have been used to investigate chondrogenic differentiation and to study the mechanisms of cartilage integration into the surrounding tissue. The review highlights the key regeneration principles of articular cartilage repair in healthy and diseased joints. Using co-culture models and novel bioreactor designs, the basis of regeneration is aligned with recent efforts for optimal therapeutic interventions.
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- Graziana Monaco
- AO Research Institute Davos, Clavadelerstrasse 8, CH-7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland; (G.M.); (M.A.)
- School of Pharmacy & Bioengineering Research, University of Keele, Keele ST5 5BG, UK;
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- School of Pharmacy & Bioengineering Research, University of Keele, Keele ST5 5BG, UK;
- Healthcare Technology Institute, Translational Medicine, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK
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- AO Research Institute Davos, Clavadelerstrasse 8, CH-7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland; (G.M.); (M.A.)
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- AO Research Institute Davos, Clavadelerstrasse 8, CH-7270 Davos Platz, Switzerland; (G.M.); (M.A.)
- School of Pharmacy & Bioengineering Research, University of Keele, Keele ST5 5BG, UK;
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Ettinger M, Tsmassiotis S, Nedopil AJ, Howell SM. [Calipered technique for kinematic alignment]. DER ORTHOPADE 2020; 49:593-596. [PMID: 32451590 DOI: 10.1007/s00132-020-03925-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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- Max Ettinger
- Klinik für Orthopädie im Annastift, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Anna von Borries Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland.
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- Klinik für Orthopädie im Annastift, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Anna von Borries Straße 1, 30625, Hannover, Deutschland
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 4635 2nd Avenue (Building 97), 95817, Sacramento, CA, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, 4635 2nd Avenue (Building 97), 95817, Sacramento, CA, USA
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Siriwanarangsun P, Chen KC, Finkenstaedt T, Bae WC, Statum S, Gentili A, Chung CB. Patterns of cartilage degeneration in knees with medial tibiofemoral offset. Skeletal Radiol 2019; 48:931-937. [PMID: 30357459 DOI: 10.1007/s00256-018-3093-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2018] [Revised: 09/20/2018] [Accepted: 10/04/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine if radiographic medial tibiofemoral offset (MTFO) is associated with: (1) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pathology of cartilage, meniscus, and ligament; and (2) a distinct pattern of lateral cartilage degeneration on MRI. MATERIALS AND METHODS Three hundred consecutive adult knee MRIs with anteroposterior (AP) radiographs were retrospectively reviewed, and 145 studies were included. MTFO was defined as a medial extension of the medial femoral condyle beyond the articular surface of the medial tibial plateau on weight-bearing AP radiographs. The patients were then divided into the MTFO (n = 61) or no-offset (n = 84) groups. On MRI data obtained on a 1.5-Tesla system, articular cartilage of the femoral condyle and tibial plateau were graded using a modified Outerbridge classification (36 sub-regions similar to whole-organ MRI Score (WORMS) system). In addition, MR pathology of the ACL, MCL, LCL, medial and lateral menisci, were determined. RESULTS Significantly increased (ANOVA p < 0.007) MR grade of the ligaments, menisci, and cartilage in the MTFO group (ranging from 0.3 to 2.5) compared to the control group (0.2 to 1.1). Color maps of the cartilage grades suggested a marked difference in both severity of degeneration and regional variations between the groups. MTFO group exhibited focally increased cartilage grades in the central, non-weight regions of lateral compartment (region p = 0.07 to 0.12, interaction p = 0.05 to 0.1). CONCLUSIONS MTFO is associated with overall degeneration of the knee and features a distinct lateral cartilage degeneration pattern, which may reflect non-physiologic contact of the cartilage between the lateral tibial eminence and lateral central femoral condyle.
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- Palanan Siriwanarangsun
- Department of Radiology, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr., MC-114, San Diego, CA, 92161, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
- Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr., MC-114, San Diego, CA, 92161, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr., MC-114, San Diego, CA, 92161, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, VA San Diego Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr., MC-114, San Diego, CA, 92161, USA.
- Department of Radiology, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA, USA.
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Myller KAH, Korhonen RK, Töyräs J, Salo J, Jurvelin JS, Venäläinen MS. Computational evaluation of altered biomechanics related to articular cartilage lesions observed in vivo. J Orthop Res 2019; 37:1042-1051. [PMID: 30839123 DOI: 10.1002/jor.24273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2018] [Accepted: 02/17/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Chondral lesions provide a potential risk factor for development of osteoarthritis. Despite the variety of in vitro studies on lesion degeneration, in vivo studies that evaluate relation between lesion characteristics and the risk for the possible progression of OA are lacking. Here, we aimed to characterize different lesions and quantify biomechanical responses experienced by surrounding cartilage tissue. We generated computational knee joint models with nine chondral injuries based on clinical in vivo arthrographic computed tomography images. Finite element models with fibril-reinforced poro(visco)elastic cartilage and menisci were constructed to simulate physiological loading. Systematically, the lesions experienced increased peak values of maximum principal strain, maximum shear strain, and minimum principal strain in the surrounding chondral tissue (p < 0.01) compared with intact tissue. Depth, volume, and area of the lesion correlated with the maximum shear strain (p < 0.05, Spearman rank correlation coefficient ρ = 0.733-0.917). Depth and volume of the lesion correlated also with the maximum principal strain (p < 0.05, ρ = 0.767, and ρ = 0.717, respectively). However, the lesion area had non-significant correlation with this strain parameter (p = 0.06, ρ = 0.65). Potentially, the introduced approach could be developed for clinical evaluation of biomechanical risks of a chondral lesion and planning an intervention. Statement of Clinical Relevance: In this study, we computationally characterized different in vivo chondral lesions and evaluated their risk of cartilage degeneration. This information is vital in decision-making for intervention in order to prevent post-traumatic osteoarthritis. © 2019 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res.
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- Katariina A H Myller
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Diagnostic Imaging Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,Centre of Oncology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Diagnostic Imaging Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Diagnostic Imaging Center, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland.,School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
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- Orthopaedics and Traumatology Clinic, Mehiläinen, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Orthopaedics, Traumatology and Hand Surgery, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, Kuopio, Finland.,Turku Centre for Biotechnology, University of Turku and Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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Akpinar B, Thorhauer E, Tashman S, Irrgang JJ, Fu FH, Anderst WJ. Tibiofemoral Cartilage Contact Differences Between Level Walking and Downhill Running. Orthop J Sports Med 2019; 7:2325967119836164. [PMID: 31058199 PMCID: PMC6452593 DOI: 10.1177/2325967119836164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Background: Some studies have suggested that altered tibiofemoral cartilage contact behavior (arthrokinematics) may contribute to long-term cartilage degeneration, potentially leading to tibiofemoral osteoarthritis. However, few studies have assessed normal tibiofemoral arthrokinematics during dynamic activities. Purpose: To characterize tibiofemoral arthrokinematics during the impact phase of level walking and downhill running. Study Design: Descriptive laboratory study. Methods: Arthrokinematic data were collected on uninjured knees of 44 participants (mean age, 20.7 ± 6.6 years). Using a dynamic stereoradiographic imaging system with superimposed 3-dimensional bone models from computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging of participant-specific tibiofemoral joints, arthrokinematics were assessed during the first 15% of the gait cycle during level walking and the first 10% of the gait cycle during downhill running. Results: During level walking and downhill running, the medial compartment had a greater cartilage contact area versus the lateral compartment. Both compartments had a significantly less cartilage contact area during running versus walking (medial compartment gait cycle affected: 8%-10%; lateral compartment gait cycle affected: 5%-10%). Further, medial and lateral compartment tibiofemoral contact paths were significantly more posterior and longer during downhill running. Conclusion: There was a decreased tibiofemoral cartilage contact area during downhill running compared with level walking, suggesting that underlying bone morphology may play a key role in determining the size of cartilage contact regions. Clinical Relevance: This study provides the first data characterizing tibiofemoral cartilage contact patterns during level walking and downhill running. These results provide evidence in support of performing biomechanical assessments during both level walking and downhill running to obtain a comprehensive picture of tibiofemoral cartilage behavior after clinical interventions.
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- Berkcan Akpinar
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Lange T, Taghizadeh E, Knowles BR, Südkamp NP, Zaitsev M, Meine H, Izadpanah K. Quantification of patellofemoral cartilage deformation and contact area changes in response to static loading via high-resolution MRI with prospective motion correction. J Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 50:1561-1570. [PMID: 30903682 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.26724] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2018] [Revised: 02/26/2019] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Higher-resolution MRI of the patellofemoral cartilage under loading is hampered by subject motion since knee flexion is required during the scan. PURPOSE To demonstrate robust quantification of cartilage compression and contact area changes in response to in situ loading by means of MRI with prospective motion correction and regularized image postprocessing. STUDY TYPE Cohort study. SUBJECTS Fifteen healthy male subjects. FIELD STRENGTH 3 T. SEQUENCE Spoiled 3D gradient-echo sequence augmented with prospective motion correction based on optical tracking. Measurements were performed with three different loads (0/200/400 N). ASSESSMENT Bone and cartilage segmentation was performed manually and regularized with a deep-learning approach. Average patellar and femoral cartilage thickness and contact area were calculated for the three loading situations. Reproducibility was assessed via repeated measurements in one subject. STATISTICAL TESTS Comparison of the three loading situations was performed by Wilcoxon signed-rank tests. RESULTS Regularization using a deep convolutional neural network reduced the variance of the quantified relative load-induced changes of cartilage thickness and contact area compared to purely manual segmentation (average reduction of standard deviation by ∼50%) and repeated measurements performed on the same subject demonstrated high reproducibility of the method. For the three loading situations (0/200/400 N), the patellofemoral cartilage contact area as well as the mean patellar and femoral cartilage thickness were significantly different from each other (P < 0.05). While the patellofemoral cartilage contact area increased under loading (by 14.5/19.0% for loads of 200/400 N), patellar and femoral cartilage thickness exhibited a load-dependent thickness decrease (patella: -4.4/-7.4%, femur: -3.4/-7.1% for loads of 200/400 N). DATA CONCLUSION MRI with prospective motion correction enables quantitative evaluation of patellofemoral cartilage deformation and contact area changes in response to in situ loading. Regularizing the manual segmentations using a neural network enables robust quantification of the load-induced changes. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 2 Technical Efficacy: Stage 2 J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2019;50:1561-1570.
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- Thomas Lange
- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Medical Image Computing Group, Department of Informatics, University of Bremen, Germany.,Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.,Medical Physics in Radiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center - Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Medical Image Computing Group, Department of Informatics, University of Bremen, Germany.,Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Medicine MEVIS, Bremen, Germany
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Medical Center - Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
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Evrard L, Audigié F, Bertoni L, Jacquet S, Denoix JM, Busoni V. Low field magnetic resonance imaging of the equine distal interphalangeal joint: Comparison between weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing conditions. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0211101. [PMID: 30689659 PMCID: PMC6349334 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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This descriptive study aimed to compare the magnetic resonance appearance of the distal interphalangeal joint articular cartilage between standing weight-bearing and non-weight-bearing conditions. Ten forefeet of live horses were scanned in a standing low-field magnetic resonance system (0.27 T). After euthanasia for reasons unrelated to the study, the non-weight-bearing isolated feet were scanned in a vertical positioning reproducing limb orientation in live horses. The same acquisition settings as during the weight-bearing examination were used. Thickness and cross-sectional area of the distal interphalangeal articular cartilage and joint space were measured on tridimensional T1-weighted gradient echo high resolution frontal and sagittal images at predetermined landmarks in both conditions and were compared using a linear mixed-effects model. Frontal images were randomized and submitted to 9 blinded readers with 3 different experience levels for identification of weight-bearing versus non-weight-bearing acquisitions based on cartilage appearance. Weight-bearing limbs had significantly thinner distal interphalangeal cartilage (p = 0.0001) than non-weight-bearing limbs. This change was greater in the distal phalanx cartilage than that of the middle phalanx. Blinded readers correctly identified 83% (range 65 to 95%) of the images as weight-bearing or non-weight-bearing acquisitions, with significantly different results observed among the different readers (p < 0.001) and groups (p < 0.001). These results indicate that distal interphalangeal articular cartilage and particularly cartilage of the distal phalanx thins when weight-bearing compared to the non-weight-bearing standing postmortem conditions and suggest that cartilage abnormalities may be more difficult to identify on weight-bearing standing magnetic resonance imaging.
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- Laurence Evrard
- Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals and Equids, Equine Division, Diagnostic Imaging Section, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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- Centre d’Imagerie et de Recherche sur les Affections Locomotrices Equines (CIRALE), Unité 957 BPLC, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Normandie Equine Vallée, Goustranville, France
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- Centre d’Imagerie et de Recherche sur les Affections Locomotrices Equines (CIRALE), Unité 957 BPLC, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Normandie Equine Vallée, Goustranville, France
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- Centre d’Imagerie et de Recherche sur les Affections Locomotrices Equines (CIRALE), Unité 957 BPLC, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Normandie Equine Vallée, Goustranville, France
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- Centre d’Imagerie et de Recherche sur les Affections Locomotrices Equines (CIRALE), Unité 957 BPLC, Ecole Nationale Vétérinaire d’Alfort, Normandie Equine Vallée, Goustranville, France
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- Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals and Equids, Equine Division, Diagnostic Imaging Section, University of Liège, Liège, Belgium
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Rodriguez ML, Li L. Compression-rate-dependent nonlinear mechanics of normal and impaired porcine knee joints. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2017; 18:447. [PMID: 29137624 PMCID: PMC5686835 DOI: 10.1186/s12891-017-1805-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2017] [Accepted: 11/06/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The knee joint performs mechanical functions with various loading and unloading processes. Past studies have focused on the kinematics and elastic response of the joint with less understanding of the rate-dependent load response associated with viscoelastic and poromechanical behaviors. Methods Forty-five fresh porcine knee joints were used in the present study to determine the loading-rate-dependent force-compression relationship, creep and relaxation of normal, dehydrated and meniscectomized joints. Results The mechanical tests of all normal intact joints showed similar strong compression-rate-dependent behavior: for a given compression-magnitude up to 1.2 mm, the reaction force varied 6 times over compression rates. While the static response was essentially linear, the nonlinear behavior was boosted with the increased compression rate to approach the asymptote or limit at approximately 2 mm/s. On the other hand, the joint stiffness varied approximately 3 times over different joints, when accounting for the maturity and breed of the animals. Both a loss of joint hydration and a total meniscectomy greatly compromised the load support in the joint, resulting in a reduction of load support as much as 60% from the corresponding intact joint. However, the former only weakened the transient load support, but the latter also greatly weakened the equilibrium load support. A total meniscectomy did not diminish the compression-rate-dependence of the joint though. Conclusions These findings are consistent with the fluid-pressurization loading mechanism, which may have a significant implication in the joint mechanical function and cartilage mechanobiology.
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- Marcel Leonardo Rodriguez
- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada
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- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, N.W, Calgary, AB, T2N 1N4, Canada.
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Zheng L, Carey R, Thorhauer E, Tashman S, Harner C, Zhang X. In vivo tibiofemoral skeletal kinematics and cartilage contact arthrokinematics during decline walking after isolated meniscectomy. Med Eng Phys 2017; 51:41-48. [PMID: 29122451 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2017.10.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2016] [Revised: 10/16/2017] [Accepted: 10/29/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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We investigated the effects of isolated meniscectomy on tibiofemoral skeletal kinematics and cartilage contact arthrokinematics in vivo. We recruited nine patients who had undergone isolated medial or lateral meniscectomy, and used a dynamic stereo-radiography (DSX) system to image the patients' knee motion during decline walking. A volumetric model-based tracking process determined 3D tibiofemoral kinematics from the recorded DSX images. Cartilage contact arthrokinematics was derived from the intersection between tibial and femoral cartilage models co-registered to the bones. The kinematics and arthrokinematics were analyzed for early stance and loading response phase (30% of a gait cycle), comparing the affected and intact knees. Results showed that four patients with medial meniscectomy had significantly greater contact centroid excursions in the meniscectomized medial compartments while five patients with lateral meniscectomy had significantly greater cartilage contact area and lateral shift of contact centroid path in the meniscectomized lateral compartments, comparing to those of the same compartments in the contralateral intact knees. No consistent difference however was identified in the skeletal kinematics. The current study demonstrated that cartilage-based intra-articular arthrokinematics is more sensitive and insightful than the skeletal kinematics in assessing the meniscectomy effects.
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- Liying Zheng
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Health Effects Lab Division, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Texas, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA.
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Liu B, Lad NK, Collins AT, Ganapathy PK, Utturkar GM, McNulty AL, Spritzer CE, Moorman CT, Sutter EG, Garrett WE, DeFrate LE. In Vivo Tibial Cartilage Strains in Regions of Cartilage-to-Cartilage Contact and Cartilage-to-Meniscus Contact in Response to Walking. Am J Sports Med 2017; 45:2817-2823. [PMID: 28671850 PMCID: PMC5629119 DOI: 10.1177/0363546517712506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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BACKGROUND There are currently limited human in vivo data characterizing the role of the meniscus in load distribution within the tibiofemoral joint. Purpose/Hypothesis: The purpose was to compare the strains experienced in regions of articular cartilage covered by the meniscus to regions of cartilage not covered by the meniscus. It was hypothesized that in response to walking, tibial cartilage covered by the meniscus would experience lower strains than uncovered tibial cartilage. STUDY DESIGN Descriptive laboratory study. METHODS Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knees of 8 healthy volunteers was performed before and after walking on a treadmill. Using MRI-generated 3-dimensional models of the tibia, cartilage, and menisci, cartilage thickness was measured in 4 different regions based on meniscal coverage and compartment: covered medial, uncovered medial, covered lateral, and uncovered lateral. Strain was defined as the normalized change in cartilage thickness before and after activity. RESULTS Within each compartment, covered cartilage before activity was significantly thinner than uncovered cartilage before activity ( P < .001). After 20 minutes of walking, all 4 regions experienced significant cartilage thickness decreases ( P < .01). The covered medial region experienced significantly less strain than the uncovered medial region ( P = .04). No difference in strain was detected between the covered and uncovered regions in the lateral compartment ( P = .40). CONCLUSION In response to walking, cartilage that is covered by the meniscus experiences lower strains than uncovered cartilage in the medial compartment. These findings provide important baseline information on the relationship between in vivo tibial compressive strain responses and meniscal coverage, which is critical to understanding normal meniscal function.
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- Betty Liu
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA,Department of Pathology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC USA
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Miramini S, Smith DW, Zhang L, Gardiner BS. The spatio-temporal mechanical environment of healthy and injured human cartilage during sustained activity and its role in cartilage damage. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2017; 74:1-10. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2017.05.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2017] [Revised: 05/05/2017] [Accepted: 05/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Guo H, Santner TJ, Lerner AL, Maher SA. Reducing uncertainty when using knee-specific finite element models by assessing the effect of input parameters. J Orthop Res 2017; 35:2233-2242. [PMID: 28059475 PMCID: PMC5500444 DOI: 10.1002/jor.23513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2016] [Accepted: 12/28/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Little is known about knee-specific factors that influence contact mechanics. Finite Element (FE) models offer a powerful tool to study contact mechanics, but there often exists ambiguity in the exact values of the inputs (e.g., tissue properties), which can result in a range of output values. Our objective was to quantify the reduction in the range of output values (defined herein as "uncertainty") from FE models of the human knee joint when known pre-defined values are used for clinically measurable inputs. To achieve this goal, we applied a statistically augmented FE approach to three human cadaveric knees for which full geometric and kinematic data were available. Two sets of conditions were simulated: All model inputs, clinically measurable or not, were varied to represent a "normal" patient population (Condition 1); subsets of clinically measurable variable inputs were fixed at specific values (called "patient derived inputs," or PDIs) while the other variables were varied over "normal" values (Condition 2). We found that by fixing body mass index and the anterior-posterior position of the meniscal-bony insertion points, model output uncertainty was reduced by one- to three-fifths. The magnitude of uncertainty reduction was strongly influenced by the individual knee. It was observed that knees with great anterior-posterior translation during gait had greater reductions in uncertainty when PDIs were used. This study represents the first step in developing FE models of the human knee joint based on inputs that can be derived from patients in a clinical setting. © 2017 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 35:2233-2242, 2017.
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- Hongqiang Guo
- Department of Biomechanics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 10021 United States,Tissue Engineering, Regeneration and Repair Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 10021 United States
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- Department of Statistics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210 United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627 United States
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- Department of Biomechanics, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 10021 United States,Tissue Engineering, Regeneration and Repair Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY 10021 United States
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Ulna-humerus contact mechanics: Finite element analysis and experimental measurements using a tactile pressure sensor. Med Eng Phys 2017; 50:22-28. [PMID: 28890302 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2017.08.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2016] [Revised: 06/09/2017] [Accepted: 08/21/2017] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Elbow articular cartilage withstands high compressive and shear forces while protecting the bone from excessive loading. Better understanding of elbow cartilage contact mechanics can provide insight into cartilage degeneration. In this study a tactile pressure sensor was used to measure the contact pressure distribution within the ulno-humeral joint of two cadaver specimens at 20° flexion angle across three different axial loads of 80 N, 110 N, and 140 N. Corresponding 3D finite element (FE) models were constructed from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and contact analysis was performed for each specimen with boundary and loading conditions identical to the experiment. Direct comparison between FE results and experimental measurements was conducted for the validation of the FE models and a sensitivity analysis was employed for assessing the effect of cartilage parameters on the model's outputs. The results showed a good agreement between the FE models and the experiments in terms of contact characteristics. The sensitivity analysis demonstrated that outcomes of the model, particularly peak contact pressure is more sensitive to the Poisson's ratio rather than to Young's modulus under static conditions. This result suggests that selection of Poisson's ratio is very critical for accurate prediction of contact mechanics within the ulno-humeral joint.
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Maher SA, Wang H, Koff MF, Belkin N, Potter HG, Rodeo SA. Clinical platform for understanding the relationship between joint contact mechanics and articular cartilage changes after meniscal surgery. J Orthop Res 2017; 35:600-611. [PMID: 27410773 DOI: 10.1002/jor.23365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2016] [Accepted: 07/02/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Injury to the meniscus of the knee has been implicated as a significant risk factor for the subsequent development of osteoarthritis, but the mechanisms of joint degeneration are unclear. Our objective was to develop a clinically applicable methodology to evaluate the relationship of joint contact mechanics at the time of surgery to biological changes of articular cartilage as a function of time following surgery. A series of pre-, intra-, and post-operative protocols were developed which utilized electronic sensors for the direct measurement of contact mechanics, and advanced imaging to assess cartilage health. The tests were applied to a pilot cohort of young active patients undergoing meniscus allograft transplantation. Our study demonstrated significant variability across patients in terms of contact area and peak contact stress, both before and after transplantation. Nonetheless, the majority of patients exhibited decreased peak contact stress and increased contact area after graft implantation. MR scans at 3-6 months showed decreased T1ρ values in tibial articular cartilage, suggesting an increase in proteoglycan content or concomitant decrease in water content. Prolongation of T2 values was found primarily within the central, cartilage-cartilage contact region of the tibial plateau suggested disruption of the collagen network. Minimal differences were found in cartilage thickness over the short time frame of this preliminary study. With longer clinical follow-up, our platform of clinical tests can be used to better understand the patient-specific mechanical factors that are related to increased risk of OA after meniscus injury and surgery. © 2017 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 35:600-611, 2017.
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- Suzanne A Maher
- Tissue Engineering Regeneration and Repair Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, 10021
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- Tissue Engineering Regeneration and Repair Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, 10021
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- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, 10021
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- Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, 10021
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- Magnetic Resonance Imaging Laboratory, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, 10021
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- Tissue Engineering Regeneration and Repair Program, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, 10021.,Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service, Hospital for Special Surgery, 535 East 70th Street, New York, 10021
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Lange T, Knowles BR, Herbst M, Izadpanah K, Zaitsev M. Comparative T
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- Thomas Lange
- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics; Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics; Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics; Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine; Freiburg Germany
- John A. Burns School of Medicine; University of Hawaii; Honolulu Hawaii USA
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- Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery; Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine; Freiburg Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics; Medical Center - University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine; Freiburg Germany
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June RK, Liu-Bryan R, Long F, Griffin TM. Emerging role of metabolic signaling in synovial joint remodeling and osteoarthritis. J Orthop Res 2016; 34:2048-2058. [PMID: 27605370 PMCID: PMC5365077 DOI: 10.1002/jor.23420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2016] [Accepted: 08/31/2016] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Obesity and associated metabolic diseases collectively referred to as the metabolic syndrome increase the risk of skeletal and synovial joint diseases, including osteoarthritis (OA). The relationship between obesity and musculoskeletal diseases is complex, involving biomechanical, dietary, genetic, inflammatory, and metabolic factors. Recent findings illustrate how changes in cellular metabolism and metabolic signaling pathways alter skeletal development, remodeling, and homeostasis, especially in response to biomechanical and inflammatory stressors. Consequently, a better understanding of the energy metabolism of diarthrodial joint cells and tissues, including bone, cartilage, and synovium, may lead to new strategies to treat or prevent synovial joint diseases such as OA. This rationale was the basis of a workshop presented at the 2016 Annual ORS Meeting in Orlando, FL on the emerging role of metabolic signaling in synovial joint remodeling and OA. The topics we covered included (i) the relationship between metabolic syndrome and OA in clinical and pre-clinical studies; (ii) the effect of biomechanical loading on chondrocyte metabolism; (iii) the effect of Wnt signaling on osteoblast carbohydrate and amino acid metabolism with respect to bone anabolism; and (iv) the role of AMP-activated protein kinase in chondrocyte energetic and biomechanical stress responses in the context of cartilage injury, aging, and OA. Although challenges exist for measuring in vivo changes in synovial joint tissue metabolism, the findings presented herein provide multiple lines of evidence to support a central role for disrupted cellular energy metabolism in the pathogenesis of OA. © 2016 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 34:2048-2058, 2016.
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- Ronald K. June
- Depts. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering and Cell Biology & Neuroscience, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA
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- VA San Diego Healthcare System, Dept. of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
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- Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dept. of Developmental Biology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Aging and Metabolism Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Depts. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Physiology, and Geriatric Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA
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Multiscale modeling of growth plate cartilage mechanobiology. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2016; 16:667-679. [DOI: 10.1007/s10237-016-0844-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2016] [Accepted: 10/12/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Spatial variation of fixed charge density in knee joint cartilage from sodium MRI – Implication on knee joint mechanics under static loading. J Biomech 2016; 49:3387-3396. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2016] [Revised: 09/03/2016] [Accepted: 09/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Optimal graft stiffness and pre-strain restore normal joint motion and cartilage responses in ACL reconstructed knee. J Biomech 2016; 49:2566-2576. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.05.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2015] [Revised: 04/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/02/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Bonanzinga T, Signorelli C, Bontempi M, Russo A, Zaffagnini S, Marcacci M, Bragonzoni L. Evaluation of RSA set-up from a clinical biplane fluoroscopy system for 3D joint kinematic analysis. JOINTS 2016; 4:121-5. [PMID: 27602352 DOI: 10.11138/jts/2016.4.2.121] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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PURPOSE dinamic roentgen stereophotogrammetric analysis (RSA), a technique currently based only on customized radiographic equipment, has been shown to be a very accurate method for detecting three-dimensional (3D) joint motion. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the applicability of an innovative RSA set-up for in vivo knee kinematic analysis, using a biplane fluoroscopic image system. To this end, the Authors describe the set-up as well as a possible protocol for clinical knee joint evaluation. The accuracy of the kinematic measurements is assessed. METHODS the Authors evaluated the accuracy of 3D kinematic analysis of the knee in a new RSA set-up, based on a commercial biplane fluoroscopy system integrated into the clinical environment. The study was organized in three main phases: an in vitro test under static conditions, an in vitro test under dynamic conditions reproducing a flexion-extension range of motion (ROM), and an in vivo analysis of the flexion-extension ROM. For each test, the following were calculated, as an indication of the tracking accuracy: mean, minimum, maximum values and standard deviation of the error of rigid body fitting. RESULTS in terms of rigid body fitting, in vivo test errors were found to be 0.10±0.05 mm. Phantom tests in static and kinematic conditions showed precision levels, for translations and rotations, of below 0.1 mm/0.2° and below 0.5 mm/0.3° respectively for all directions. CONCLUSIONS the results of this study suggest that kinematic RSA can be successfully performed using a standard clinical biplane fluoroscopy system for the acquisition of slow movements of the lower limb. CLINICAL RELEVANCE a kinematic RSA set-up using a clinical biplane fluoroscopy system is potentially applicable and provides a useful method for obtaining better characterization of joint biomechanics.
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- Tommaso Bonanzinga
- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Biomeccanica e Innovazione Tecnologica, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Biomeccanica e Innovazione Tecnologica, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Biomeccanica e Innovazione Tecnologica, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Biomeccanica e Innovazione Tecnologica, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Biomeccanica e Innovazione Tecnologica, Bologna, Italy; Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Biomeccanica e Innovazione Tecnologica, Bologna, Italy; Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Bologna, Italy
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- Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Laboratorio di Biomeccanica e Innovazione Tecnologica, Bologna, Italy; Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e Neuromotorie, Bologna, Italy
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Quiroga JMP, Wilson W, Ito K, van Donkelaar CC. Relative contribution of articular cartilage's constitutive components to load support depending on strain rate. Biomech Model Mechanobiol 2016; 16:151-158. [PMID: 27416853 PMCID: PMC5285416 DOI: 10.1007/s10237-016-0807-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/28/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cartilage is considered a biphasic material in which the solid is composed of proteoglycans and collagen. In biphasic tissue, the hydraulic pressure is believed to bear most of the load under higher strain rates and its dissipation due to fluid flow determines creep and relaxation behavior. In equilibrium, hydraulic pressure is zero and load bearing is transferred to the solid matrix. The viscoelasticity of the collagen network also contributes to its time-dependent behavior, and the osmotic pressure to load bearing in equilibrium. The aim of the present study was to determine the relative contributions of hydraulic pressure, viscoelastic collagen stress, solid matrix stiffness and osmotic pressure to load carriage in cartilage under transient and equilibrium conditions. Unconfined compression experiments were simulated using a fibril-reinforced poroviscoelastic model of articular cartilage, including water, fibrillar viscoelastic collagen and non-fibrillar charged glycosaminoglycans. The relative contributions of hydraulic and osmotic pressures and stresses in the fibrillar and non-fibrillar network were evaluated in the superficial, middle and deep zone of cartilage under five different strain rates and after relaxation. Initially upon loading, the hydraulic pressure carried most of the load in all three zones. The osmotic swelling pressure carried most of the equilibrium load. In the surface zone, where the fibers were loaded in tension, the collagen network carried 20 % of the load for all strain rates. The importance of these fibers was illustrated by artificially modifying the fiber architecture, which reduced the overall stiffness of cartilage in all conditions. In conclusion, although hydraulic pressure dominates the transient behavior during cartilage loading, due to its viscoelastic nature the superficial zone collagen fibers carry a substantial part of the load under transient conditions. This becomes increasingly important with higher strain rates. The interesting and striking new insight from this study suggests that under equilibrium conditions, the swelling pressure generated by the combination of proteoglycans and collagen reinforcement accounts cartilage stiffness for more than 90 % of the loads carried by articular cartilage. This finding is different from the common thought that load is transferred from fluid to solid and is carried by the aggregate modulus of the solid. Rather, it is transformed from hydraulic to osmotic swelling pressure. These results show the importance of considering both (viscoelastic) collagen fibers as well as swelling pressure in studies of the (transient) mechanical behavior of cartilage.
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- J M Párraga Quiroga
- Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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- Orthopaedic Biomechanics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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Halonen KS, Mononen ME, Jurvelin JS, Töyräs J, Kłodowski A, Kulmala JP, Korhonen RK. Importance of Patella, Quadriceps Forces, and Depthwise Cartilage Structure on Knee Joint Motion and Cartilage Response During Gait. J Biomech Eng 2016; 138:2520868. [DOI: 10.1115/1.4033516] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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In finite-element (FE) models of the knee joint, patella is often omitted. We investigated the importance of patella and quadriceps forces on the knee joint motion by creating an FE model of the subject's knee. In addition, depthwise strains and stresses in patellar cartilage with different tissue properties were determined. An FE model was created from subject's magnetic resonance images. Knee rotations, moments, and translational forces during gait were recorded in a motion laboratory and used as an input for the model. Three material models were implemented into the patellar cartilage: (1) homogeneous model, (2) inhomogeneous (arcadelike fibrils), and (3) random fibrils at the superficial zone, mimicking early stages of osteoarthritis (OA). Implementation of patella and quadriceps forces into the model substantially reduced the internal–external femoral rotations (versus without patella). The simulated rotations in the model with the patella matched the measured rotations at its best. In the inhomogeneous model, maximum principal stresses increased substantially in the middle zone of the cartilage. The early OA model showed increased compressive strains in the superficial and middle zones of the cartilage and decreased stresses and fibril strains especially in the middle zone. The results suggest that patella and quadriceps forces should be included in moment- and force-driven FE knee joint models. The results indicate that the middle zone has a major role in resisting shear forces in the patellar cartilage. Also, early degenerative changes in the collagen network substantially affect the cartilage depthwise response in the patella during walking.
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- K. S. Halonen
- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, POB 1627, Kuopio FI-70211, Finland e-mail:
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, POB 1627, Kuopio FI-70211, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, POB 1627, Kuopio FI-70211, Finland
- Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Kuopio University Hospital, POB 100, Kuopio FI-70029, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, POB 1627, Kuopio FI-70211, Finland
- Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Kuopio University Hospital, POB 100, Kuopio FI-70029, Finland
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- Laboratory of Machine Design, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta 53850, Finland
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- Department of Biology of Physical Activity, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä 40014, Finland
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- Department of Applied Physics, University of Eastern Finland, POB 1627, Kuopio FI-70211, Finland
- Diagnostic Imaging Centre, Kuopio University Hospital, POB 100, Kuopio FI-70029, Finland
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In Vivo Dynamic Deformation of Articular Cartilage in Intact Joints Loaded by Controlled Muscular Contractions. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0147547. [PMID: 26807930 PMCID: PMC4726761 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 01/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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When synovial joints are loaded, the articular cartilage and the cells residing in it deform. Cartilage deformation has been related to structural tissue damage, and cell deformation has been associated with cell signalling and corresponding anabolic and catabolic responses. Despite the acknowledged importance of cartilage and cell deformation, there are no dynamic data on these measures from joints of live animals using muscular load application. Research in this area has typically been done using confined and unconfined loading configurations and indentation testing. These loading conditions can be well controlled and allow for accurate measurements of cartilage and cell deformations, but they have little to do with the contact mechanics occurring in a joint where non-congruent cartilage surfaces with different material and functional properties are pressed against each other by muscular forces. The aim of this study was to measure in vivo, real time articular cartilage deformations for precisely controlled static and dynamic muscular loading conditions in the knees of mice. Fifty and 80% of the maximal knee extensor muscular force (equivalent to approximately 0.4N and 0.6N) produced average peak articular cartilage strains of 10.5±1.0% and 18.3±1.3% (Mean ± SD), respectively, during 8s contractions. A sequence of 15 repeat, isometric muscular contractions (0.5s on, 3.5s off) of 50% and 80% of maximal muscular force produced cartilage strains of 3.0±1.1% and 9.6±1.5% (Mean ± SD) on the femoral condyles of the mouse knee. Cartilage thickness recovery following mechanical compression was highly viscoelastic and took almost 50s following force removal in the static tests.
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Lange T, Maclaren J, Herbst M, Lovell-Smith C, Izadpanah K, Zaitsev M. Knee cartilage MRI with in situ mechanical loading using prospective motion correction. Magn Reson Med 2016; 71:516-23. [PMID: 23440894 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.24679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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PURPOSE To assess the feasibility of high resolution knee cartilage MRI with in situ mechanical loading using optical tracking to compensate for motion. METHODS In vivo cartilage MRI with in situ mechanical loading is demonstrated on a clinical 3T system for the patellofemoral as well as for the tibiofemoral knee joint using a T1-weighted spoiled three-dimensional gradient-echo sequence. Prospective motion correction is performed with a moiré phase tracking system consisting of an in-bore camera and a single tracking marker attached to the skin. RESULTS Rigid-body approximation required for prospective correction with optical motion tracking is fulfilled well enough for the patellofemoral as well as for the tibiofemoral joint when the tracking marker is attached to the knee cap and the shin, respectively. Presaturation proves to be efficient in suppressing pulsation artifacts from the popliteal artery and residual motion artifacts primarily arising from nonrigid motion of the posterior knee compartment. CONCLUSION The proposed technique enables knee cartilage imaging under in situ mechanical loading with submillimeter spatial resolution devoid of significant motion artifacts and thus appropriate for cartilage volumetry. It has the potential to provide new insight into the biomechanics of the knee and might complement the panoply of diagnostic MR methods for osteoarthritis.
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- Thomas Lange
- Department of Radiology, Medical Physics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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Chan DD, Cai L, Butz KD, Trippel SB, Nauman EA, Neu CP. In vivo articular cartilage deformation: noninvasive quantification of intratissue strain during joint contact in the human knee. Sci Rep 2016; 6:19220. [PMID: 26752228 PMCID: PMC4707486 DOI: 10.1038/srep19220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2015] [Accepted: 12/08/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The in vivo measurement of articular cartilage deformation is essential to understand how mechanical forces distribute throughout the healthy tissue and change over time in the pathologic joint. Displacements or strain may serve as a functional imaging biomarker for healthy, diseased, and repaired tissues, but unfortunately intratissue cartilage deformation in vivo is largely unknown. Here, we directly quantified for the first time deformation patterns through the thickness of tibiofemoral articular cartilage in healthy human volunteers. Magnetic resonance imaging acquisitions were synchronized with physiologically relevant compressive loading and used to visualize and measure regional displacement and strain of tibiofemoral articular cartilage in a sagittal plane. We found that compression (of 1/2 body weight) applied at the foot produced a sliding, rigid-body displacement at the tibiofemoral cartilage interface, that loading generated subject- and gender-specific and regionally complex patterns of intratissue strains, and that dominant cartilage strains (approaching 12%) were in shear. Maximum principle and shear strain measures in the tibia were correlated with body mass index. Our MRI-based approach may accelerate the development of regenerative therapies for diseased or damaged cartilage, which is currently limited by the lack of reliable in vivo methods for noninvasive assessment of functional changes following treatment.
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- Deva D Chan
- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907
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- School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907
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- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, 46202
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907.,School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907
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- Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907.,Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309
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Kinematics of passive flexion following balanced and overstuffed fixed bearing unicondylar knee arthroplasty. Knee 2015; 22:542-6. [PMID: 26358244 DOI: 10.1016/j.knee.2015.07.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2015] [Revised: 05/02/2015] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Progression of osteoarthritis in the unreplaced compartment following unicondylar knee arthroplasty (UKA) may be hastened if kinematics is disturbed following UKA implantation. The purpose of this study was to analyze tibiofemoral kinematics of the balanced and overstuffed UKA in comparison with the native knee during passive flexion since this is a common clinical assessment. METHODS Ten cadaveric knees were mounted to robotic manipulator and underwent passive flexion from 0 to 90°. The kinematic pathway was recorded in the native knee and in the balanced, fixed bearing UKA. The medial UKA was implanted using a measured resection technique. Additionally, a one millimeter thicker tibial insert was installed to simulate the effects of overstuffing. Tibial kinematics in relation to the femur was recorded. RESULTS Following UKA the tibia was externally rotated, and in valgus relative to the native knee near extension. In flexion, installing the UKA caused the knee to be translated medially and anteriorly. The tibia was translated distally through the entire range of flexion after UKA. Compared to the balanced UKA, overstuffing further increased valgus at full extension and distal translation of the tibia from full extension to 45° flexion. CONCLUSIONS UKA implantation altered tibiofemoral kinematics in all planes. Differences were small; nevertheless, they may affect tibiofemoral loading patterns. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Alterations in tibiofemoral kinematics following UKA might have implications for prosthesis failure and progression of osteoarthritis in the remaining compartment. Overstuffing should be avoided as it further increased valgus and did not improve the remaining kinematics.
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Zwierzchowski TJ, Janus J, Konecki W, Kubiak G, Fabiś J. The quantitative evaluation of the impact of viable medial meniscus graft type on the biochemical and biomechanical properties of the rabbit tibial cartilage. J Orthop Surg Res 2015; 10:170. [PMID: 26560133 PMCID: PMC4642775 DOI: 10.1186/s13018-015-0311-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2015] [Accepted: 10/29/2015] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Knowledge of the impact of viable medial meniscus allograft and autograft transplantation on biochemical and mechanical properties of cartilage is needed to understand the development of joint osteoarthritis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate this relationship 6 months after viable medial meniscal autograft and allograft transplantation. METHODS Twenty rabbits were chosen for the study. The medial menisci were excised from 14 animals and stored under tissue culture conditions for 2 weeks. Seven menisci were implanted as autografts (group A) and seven as allografts (group B). The control group consisted of six animals which underwent arthrotomy. The tibial cartilage was used for mechanical and biochemical evaluation. RESULTS The respective decreases of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) and elasticity were 13.4 and 14.8% for group A and 30.4 and 32.6% for group B. The differences between group A and B and between each group and the control were statistically significant. The total collagen content was significantly lower in group B. CONCLUSIONS The type of viable meniscal graft has an influence on the biochemical composition of the extracellular matrix (ECM) and biomechanical properties of the underlying tibial cartilage. A 1% decrease of glycosaminoglycan content is associated with a 1.1% decrease of cartilage elasticity. The average ratio of decrease of cartilage elasticity to that of the meniscus was 0.77 regardless of the type of meniscus graft. The viable allograft causes irreversible ECM disorder of the cartilage. Knowledge of the biochemical composition of the ECM meniscal grafts may serve as a predictor of their chondroprotective properties.
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- Tomasz J Zwierzchowski
- Department of Arthroscopy, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Sports Traumatology, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Żeromskiego 113, 90-549, Łódź, Poland.
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Narutowicza 60, Łódź, Poland.
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- Department of Fibre Physics and Textile Metrology, Technical University of Lodz, ul. Żeromskiego 113, 90-549, Łódź, Poland.
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- Department of Arthroscopy, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Sports Traumatology, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Żeromskiego 113, 90-549, Łódź, Poland.
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- Department of Arthroscopy, Minimally Invasive Surgery and Sports Traumatology, Medical University of Lodz, ul. Żeromskiego 113, 90-549, Łódź, Poland.
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Walker PS, Arno S, Borukhoy I, Bell CP. Characterising knee motion and laxity in a testing machine for application to total knee evaluation. J Biomech 2015; 48:3551-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2015.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2014] [Revised: 06/15/2015] [Accepted: 06/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Meng Q, Jin Z, Wilcox R, Fisher J. Computational investigation of the time-dependent contact behaviour of the human tibiofemoral joint under body weight. Proc Inst Mech Eng H 2015; 228:1193-207. [PMID: 25500864 PMCID: PMC4263820 DOI: 10.1177/0954411914559737] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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The knee joint is one of the most common sites for osteoarthritis, the onset and progression of which are believed to relate to the mechanical environment of cartilage. To understand this environment, it is necessary to take into account the complex biphasic contact interactions of the cartilage and menisci. In this study, the time-dependent contact behaviour of an intact and a meniscectomized human tibiofemoral joint was characterized under body weight using a computational model. Good agreement in the contact area and femoral displacement under static loads were found between model predictions of this study and published experimental measurements. The time-dependent results indicated that as loading time progressed, the contact area and femoral vertical displacement of both intact and meniscectomized joints increased. More load was transferred to the cartilage-cartilage interface over time. However, the portions of load borne by the lateral and medial compartments did not greatly vary with time. Additionally, during the whole simulation period, the maximum compressive stress in the meniscectomized joint was higher than that in the intact joint. The fluid pressure in the intact and meniscectomized joints remained remarkably high at the condyle centres, but the fluid pressure at the cartilage-meniscus interface decreased faster than that at the condyle centres as loading time progressed. The above findings provide further insights into the mechanical environment of the cartilage and meniscus within the human knee joint.
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- Qingen Meng
- Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK School of Mechanical Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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Thorhauer E, Tashman S. Validation of a method for combining biplanar radiography and magnetic resonance imaging to estimate knee cartilage contact. Med Eng Phys 2015; 37:937-47. [PMID: 26304232 DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2015.07.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2015] [Revised: 06/29/2015] [Accepted: 07/01/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Combining accurate bone kinematics data from biplane radiography with cartilage models from magnetic resonance imaging, it is possible to estimate tibiofemoral cartilage contact area and centroid location. Proper validation of such estimates, however, has not been performed under loading conditions approximating functional tasks, such as gait, squatting, and stair descent. The goal of this study was to perform an in vitro validation to resolve the accuracy of cartilage contact estimations in comparison to a laser scanning gold standard. Results demonstrated acceptable reliability and accuracy for both contact area and centroid location estimates. Root mean square errors in contact area averaged 8.4% and 4.4% of the medial and lateral compartmental areas, respectively. Modified Sorensen-Dice agreement scores of contact regions averaged 0.81 ± 0.07 for medial and 0.83 ± 0.07 for lateral compartments. These validated methods have applications for in vivo assessment of a variety of patient populations and physical activities, and may lead to greater understanding of the relationships between knee cartilage function, effects of joint injury and treatment, and the development of osteoarthritis.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eric Thorhauer
- Biodynamics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, 3820 South Water Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, United States of America
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- Biodynamics Laboratory, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, 3820 South Water Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15203, United States of America.
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