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The effect of boundary and loading conditions on patient classification using finite element predicted risk of fracture

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posted on 2023-07-26, 14:39 authored by Zainab Altai, Muhammad Qasim, Xinshan Li, Marco Viceconti
Background: Osteoporotic proximal femoral fractures associated to falls are a major health burden in the ageing society. Recently, bone strength estimated by finite element models emerged as a feasible alternative to areal bone mineral density as a predictor of fracture risk. However, previous studies showed that the accuracy of patients' classification under their risk of fracture using finite element strength when simulating posterolateral falls is only marginally better than that of areal bone mineral density. Patients tend to fall in various directions: since the predicted strength is sensitive to the fall direction, a prediction based on certain fall directions might not be fully representative of the physical event. Hence, side fall boundary conditions may not be completely representing the physical event. Methods: The effect of different side fall boundary and loading conditions on a retrospective cohort of 98 postmenopausal women was evaluated to test models' ability to discriminate fracture and control cases. Three different boundary conditions (Linear, Multi-point constraints and Contact model) were investigated under various anterolateral and posterolateral falls. Findings: The stratification power estimated by the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve was highest for Contact model (0.82), followed by Multi-point constraints and Linear models with 0.80. Both Contact and MPC models predicted high strains in various locations of the proximal femur including the greater trochanter, which has rarely reported previously. Interpretation: A full range of fall directions and less restrictive displacement constraints can improve the finite element strength ability to classify patients under their risk of fracture.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

68

Page range

137-143

Publication title

Clinical Biomechanics

ISSN

1879-1271

Publisher

Elsevier

File version

  • Published version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2019-06-13

Legacy creation date

2019-06-13

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Science & Engineering

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