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Elsevier, Journal of Biomechanics, 5(41), p. 1036-1043, 2008

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2007.12.002

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Flexible multibody simulation approach in the analysis of tibial strain during walking

Journal article published in 2008 by R. Al Nazer, T. Rantalainen ORCID, A. Heinonen, H. Sievänen, A. Mikkola
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Abstract

Strains within the bone tissue play a major role in bone (re)modeling. These small strains can be assessed using experimental strain gage measurements, which are challenging and invasive. Further, the strain measurements are, in practise, limited to certain regions of superficial bones only, such as the anterior surface of the tibia. In this study, tibial strains occurring during walking were estimated using a numerical approach based on flexible multibody dynamics. In the introduced approach, a lower body musculoskeletal model was developed by employing motion capture data obtained from walking at a constant velocity. The motion capture data were used in inverse dynamics simulation to teach the muscles in the model to replicate the motion in forward dynamics simulation. The maximum and minimum tibial principal strains predicted by the model were 490 and -588 microstrain, respectively, which are in line with literature values from in vivo measurements. In conclusion, the non-invasive flexible multibody simulation approach may be used as a surrogate for experimental bone strain measurements and thus be of use in detailed strain estimations of bones in different applications.