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Finite Element Analysis Applications in Biomechanical Studies of the Knee Joint

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The development of sophisticated 3D FE models through MRI techniques enables us to precisely capture the patient-specific geometries of both hard and soft tissues in the region of interest (RoI), in order to more precisely simulate complicated tissue responses, thereby reflecting more realistic biomechanical behaviors. In the past decades, extensive studies have developed FE models and have coupled the FE model with in vivo kinematic data to analyse true tissue deformation (Halloran et al. in J Biomech 43:2810–2815, 2010). This has resulted in a more convincing simulation and prediction of the loading condition in FEA.

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  1. LR-11-ES19 Laboratoire de Mécanique Appliquée et Ingénierie (LR-MAI), Ecole Nationale d’Ingénieurs de Tunis, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisie

    Zahra Trad & Abdelwahed Barkaoui

  2. Laboratoire de Systèmes et de Mécanique Appliquée, Ecole Polytechnique de Tunis, Tunis, Tunisie

    Moez Chafra

  3. IPEIEM, Université de Tunis El Manar, Tunis, Tunisie

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  4. Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial, Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica, Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal

    João Manuel R. S. Tavares

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Trad, Z., Barkaoui, A., Chafra, M., Tavares, J.M.R.S. (2018). Finite Element Analysis Applications in Biomechanical Studies of the Knee Joint . In: FEM Analysis of the Human Knee Joint. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74158-1_2

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