FEM Analysis of the Human Knee Joint

Introduction.- 1. Finite element models of the knee joint.- 1.1 Knee joint models geometries.- 1.2 Material properties of hard and soft tissues.- 1.2.1 Material properties of articular cartilage.- 1.2.2 Material properties of menisci.- 1.2.3 Material properties of ligaments.- 1.2.4 Material properties of bony structure.- 2. Finite Element Analysis applications in knee joint biomechanical studies.- 2.1 Current FEA applications on ligament injury.- 2.2 Current FEA applications on meniscus injury.- 2.3 Current FEA applications on knee joint contact analysis and cartilage disease.- 3. Overview of high tibial osteotomy and optimization of correction angle.- 3.1 High tibial osteotomy definition.- 3.2 Current FEA studies on HTO procedure.- 3.3 Current clinical studies on optimizing correction angle.- 3.4 Current biomechanical studies on optimizing correction angle.- 4. Conclusions and future work.- References.