The Effects of Proximal Fibular Osteotomy on the Knee and Ankle Joints: a Finite Element Analysis

CONCLUSIONS FEA revealed that main loading at the knee joint shifted from medial tibial cartilage to the lateral tibial cartilage after PFO. Additionally, the stresses on each cartilage were redistributed across a wider and more peripheral area. FEA also demonstrated that the Von Mises stresses of the tibial and talar cartilages of the ankle joint increased after PFO. Key words: knee pain, osteoarthritis, osteotomy, finite element analysis, axial loadings.PMID:34534062
Source: Acta Orthopaedica - Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Source Type: research