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Finite Element Technology in Evaluating Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction

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Finite element (FE) analysis originated as a method for structural analysis in the British aerospace industry. This methodology made it possible to perform multiple simulations with the computer to avoid numerous experimental tests with the consequent savings in material, equipment and resource consumption.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Arnau de Vilanova, Valencia, Spain

    Vicente Sanchis-Alfonso

  2. Instituto de Investigación en Ingeniería de Aragón (I3A), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Aragón (IIS Aragón), Multiscale in Mechanical and Biological Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

    Diego Alastruey-López & María Angeles Perez

  3. Medical Imaging Department, Hospital Universitario y Politecnico La Fe, Valencia, Spain

    Cristina Ramirez-Fuentes

  4. ArthroCentre - Agoriaz, Riaz and Clinique CIC Riviera, Montreux, Switzerland

    Erik Montesinos-Berry

  5. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Terres de l’Ebre, Tortosa, Spain

    Gerard Ginovart

  6. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain

    Joan Carles Monllau

  7. Catalan Institute of Traumatology and Sports Medicine (ICATME), Hospital Universitari Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain

    Joan Carles Monllau

  8. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain

    Joan Carles Monllau

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Sanchis-Alfonso, V. et al. (2023). Finite Element Technology in Evaluating Medial Patellofemoral Ligament Reconstruction. In: Sanchis-Alfonso, V. (eds) Anterior Knee Pain and Patellar Instability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09767-6_55

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