Personalised 3D knee compliance from clinically viable knee laxity measurements: A proof of concept ex vivo experiment

Knee reconstruction surgery postoperative outcome is determined by a variety of surgery variables and their interaction specific to each patient [1]. As such, personalised models of knee mechanics are increasingly used for pre-and post-surgical assessment of knee function and for guiding the intra-operative decision-making in knee replacement and ligament reconstruction surgery [2]. For example, personalised models based on the healthy knee can be used to restore loading patterns in passive restraints in the contra-lateral injured knee whereas personalised models of the injured knee may inform the decision process for proper management of knee injuries.
Source: Medical Engineering and Physics - Category: Biomedical Engineering Authors: Tags: Technical note Source Type: research