Effects of Joint Incongruity on Articular Pressure Distribution and Subchondral Bone Remodeling /

This book reviews the existing literature on joint incongruity, on cellular mechano-transduction of bone, on computer simulations of biological adaptation processes and on embryonic joint development. It describes finite element models and biomechanical experiments that attempt to quantify the effec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Eckstein, Felix
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Merz, B. (Beat), Jacobs, C. R. (Christopher R.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2000.
Series:Advances in anatomy, embryology, and cell biology ; 152.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and questions
  • Basis for the design of the computer models
  • Qualitative and quantitative description of joint incongruity
  • The finite element method (FEM)
  • Theory of mechano-adaptive bone remodelling
  • Methodology
  • Idealized model of concave joint incongruity
  • Idealized comparative geometrical models
  • Anatomically based model of the humero-ulnar joint
  • Experimental validation
  • Morphological investigations on the elbow joint. Results
  • Idealized model of concave joint incongruity
  • Idealized comparative geometrical models
  • Anatomically based model of the humero-ulnar joint
  • Experimental validation
  • Morphological findings at the elbow joint
  • Discussion
  • Methodological discussion
  • Effect of the incongruity on the pressure distribution in the joint
  • The relationship between joint incongruity, mechano-adaptive remodelling and the morphology of the subchondral bone
  • Phylogenetic and ontogenetic origin of joint incongruity
  • Perspectives and future investigations.