The effect of physiological load configuration on interface micromotion in cementless femoral stems

The most commonly reported failure modes of cementless hip stems are loosening and thigh pain; both are attributed to the relative motion at the bone-implant interface due to failure to achieve sufficient primary fixation. Accurate predictions of hip stems’ stability are therefore crucial to the p...

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Main Authors: Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq, Hansen, Ulrich N.
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Language:English
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Published: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2007
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Hansen, Ulrich N.
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description The most commonly reported failure modes of cementless hip stems are loosening and thigh pain; both are attributed to the relative motion at the bone-implant interface due to failure to achieve sufficient primary fixation. Accurate predictions of hip stems’ stability are therefore crucial to the pre-clinical analyses of hip arthroplasty. This study uses finite element technique to analyse the effect of muscle forces on the predicted micromotion and therefore stability of cementless femoral components. An in-house experimentally validated micromotion algorithm was used in analyses simulating two of the most common physiological activities–walking and stair-climbing. The results showed that models where muscle loads were included had ten times larger micromotion than those modelled without muscle loads. Ignoring muscle forces in any pre-clinical evaluation of femoral stems are therefore not advisable as it will overestimate the stability of the stem.
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spelling utm-81192014-01-01T08:30:47Z http://eprints.utm.my/8119/ The effect of physiological load configuration on interface micromotion in cementless femoral stems Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq Hansen, Ulrich N. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The most commonly reported failure modes of cementless hip stems are loosening and thigh pain; both are attributed to the relative motion at the bone-implant interface due to failure to achieve sufficient primary fixation. Accurate predictions of hip stems’ stability are therefore crucial to the pre-clinical analyses of hip arthroplasty. This study uses finite element technique to analyse the effect of muscle forces on the predicted micromotion and therefore stability of cementless femoral components. An in-house experimentally validated micromotion algorithm was used in analyses simulating two of the most common physiological activities–walking and stair-climbing. The results showed that models where muscle loads were included had ten times larger micromotion than those modelled without muscle loads. Ignoring muscle forces in any pre-clinical evaluation of femoral stems are therefore not advisable as it will overestimate the stability of the stem. Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 2007-06 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/8119/3/MohammedRafiqAbdul2007_TheEffectofPhysiologicalLoadConfiguration.pdf text/html en http://eprints.utm.my/8119/4/Physiological%20Load%28Rafiq-jilid23%29.pdf Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq and Hansen, Ulrich N. (2007) The effect of physiological load configuration on interface micromotion in cementless femoral stems. Jurnal Mekanikal (23). pp. 50-61. ISSN 0127-3396
spellingShingle TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Abdul Kadir, Mohammed Rafiq
Hansen, Ulrich N.
The effect of physiological load configuration on interface micromotion in cementless femoral stems
title The effect of physiological load configuration on interface micromotion in cementless femoral stems
title_full The effect of physiological load configuration on interface micromotion in cementless femoral stems
title_fullStr The effect of physiological load configuration on interface micromotion in cementless femoral stems
title_full_unstemmed The effect of physiological load configuration on interface micromotion in cementless femoral stems
title_short The effect of physiological load configuration on interface micromotion in cementless femoral stems
title_sort effect of physiological load configuration on interface micromotion in cementless femoral stems
topic TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
url http://eprints.utm.my/8119/
http://eprints.utm.my/8119/3/MohammedRafiqAbdul2007_TheEffectofPhysiologicalLoadConfiguration.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/8119/4/Physiological%20Load%28Rafiq-jilid23%29.pdf