Abstract
AimsTibio-talar contact stress has been evaluated and successively compared by performing an ankle contact finite element (FE) analysis and an experimental test carried on an assembled simple synthetic model of ankle equipped with a high-resolution (Tekscan) pressure sensor. MethodsA numerical FEM analysis was carried out by simulating the ankle joint (foot, and tibia) in order to investigating the stress shielding on the contact surfaces. The foot was constrained at the base while a load of 980 N was applied on the top of the tibia. The same setup was experimentally reproduced by introducing a high-resolution (Tekscan) pressure sensor between tibia and foot. ResultsResults evidenced a good agreement between numerical and experimental data, a percentage difference of 15% was evaluated on the equivalent Von Mises contact stress. ConclusionThe obtained results reveal interesting consequences deriving by taking into account how the stress shielding can influence the integrity and resistance of bones. The methods used for this validation enable formal comparison of computational and experimental results, and open the way for objective statistical measures of regional correlation between FE-computed contact stress distributions from comparison articular joint surfaces.
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