Techniques of bone reconstructive surgery are largely based on conventional, non-cell-
based therapies that rely on the use of durable materials from outside the patient's body. In …

Background Developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) is a condition in which bone growth
irregularities subject articular cartilage to higher mechanical stresses, increase susceptibility …

Finite element (FE) analysis is a valuable tool in musculoskeletal research. The demands
associated with mesh development, however, often prove daunting. In an effort to facilitate …

A contact finite element (FE) formulation is introduced, amenable to patient-specific analysis
of cumulative cartilage mechano-stimulus attributable to habitual functional activity. CT …

Progress in reducing the incidence and severity of posttraumatic arthritis depends in part on
avoiding deleterious stress levels at residual local incongruities. Systematic efforts to …

Many intra-articular fracture patients eventually experience significant functional deficits,
pain, and stiffness from post-traumatic osteoarthritis (PTOA). Over the last several decades …

There is a need for the development of finite element (FE) models based on medical
datasets, such as magnetic resonance imaging and computerized tomography in …

Numerical approximation of the solutions to continuum mechanics boundary value
problems, by means of finite element analysis, has proven to be of incalculable benefit to the …

The demands associated with modeling geometrically complex anatomic structures often
limit the utility of musculoskeletal finite element (FE) analyses. Automated meshing routines …

The objective of this work was to develop and test a semi-automated finite element mesh
generation method using computed tomography (CT) image data of a canine radius. The …