• Lee-Shee N K
• Dickey J P
• Hurtig M B

Veterinary and comparative orthopaedics and traumatology : V.C.O.T

• Publish Date: 2007
• ISSN: 0932-0814
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 70-2
• Medium: Print
• Language: English
• Citation (JAMA): Lee-Shee N K, Dickey J P, Hurtig M B, et al. Contact Mechanics of the Ovine Stifle During Simulated Early Stance in Gait. An in Vitro Study Using Robotics.. 2007;20:70-2

Abstract

Ovine stifle joint contact pressures and contact areas were measured in vitro using a six degree-of-freedom (DOF) robotic system. The robot generated static joint loads of 1.875 times body weight (BW) compression, 0.15 BW medial shear and 0.625 BW cranial shear at 6.5 degrees of flexion for four specimens, simulating the early stance phase of gait (walking). This condition represents a period of intense loading and was implemented as a worst-case loading scenario for the joint at this gait. We determined that the medial and lateral compartments bore 5.5 +/- 0.9 MPa and 4.4 +/- 1.1 MPa of mean pressure, respectively, on 107.7 +/- 28.7 mm(2) and 60.8 +/- 56.3 mm(2) of area, respectively. The unique contribution of this study is that stifle contact pressures and areas were determined during loading which simulated physiological levels (early stance phase of gait). This information is important to our understanding of the stresses that must be borne by repair tissues/constructs that are implanted into human and animal tibio-femoral joints.

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