Biomechanical and Injury Tolerance Analysis of Tibial Movement Under Different Postures and Impact Loads

The lower limbs play an important role in daily human activities. Therefore, a 3D tibial model is constructed, and finite element analysis is performed to investigate the biomechanical characteristics and injury tolerance of lower limb flexion movement. The maximum equivalent stress at 30° flexion w...

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Main Authors: Lei Liu, Qian Qian, Hengjia Liu, Hongyan Liu, Jong-Chul Park
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Published: MDPI AG 2024-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/24/11760
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Qian Qian
Hengjia Liu
Hongyan Liu
Jong-Chul Park
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Qian Qian
Hengjia Liu
Hongyan Liu
Jong-Chul Park
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description The lower limbs play an important role in daily human activities. Therefore, a 3D tibial model is constructed, and finite element analysis is performed to investigate the biomechanical characteristics and injury tolerance of lower limb flexion movement. The maximum equivalent stress at 30° flexion was 19.1 MPa and 31.2 MPa in the normal and dynamic eversion positions, respectively, of the knee joint, 1.4 MPa and 1.1 MPa in the medial tibial plateau, and 1.8 MPa and 1.2 MPa in the lateral tibial plateau. The peak contact force was generally approximately 4000 N when different positions of the tibia were impacted. The maximum contact force of the frontal impact was larger than that of the external impact at 4109 N and 3927 N, respectively. The dynamic knee valgus posture and lateral impacts are more likely to cause tibial injury. The findings of this study provide information for the prevention of sports injuries and rehabilitation treatment.
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spelling doaj-art-1966cb7451e74ff0bb0422f4c53e281d2025-08-20T02:53:18ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172024-12-0114241176010.3390/app142411760Biomechanical and Injury Tolerance Analysis of Tibial Movement Under Different Postures and Impact LoadsLei Liu0Qian Qian1Hengjia Liu2Hongyan Liu3Jong-Chul Park4Department of Marine Sports, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-Gu, Busan 48513, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Marine Sports, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-Gu, Busan 48513, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Marine Sports, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-Gu, Busan 48513, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Marine Design Convergence Engineering, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-Gu, Busan 48513, Republic of KoreaDepartment of Marine Sports, Pukyong National University, 45, Yongso-ro, Nam-Gu, Busan 48513, Republic of KoreaThe lower limbs play an important role in daily human activities. Therefore, a 3D tibial model is constructed, and finite element analysis is performed to investigate the biomechanical characteristics and injury tolerance of lower limb flexion movement. The maximum equivalent stress at 30° flexion was 19.1 MPa and 31.2 MPa in the normal and dynamic eversion positions, respectively, of the knee joint, 1.4 MPa and 1.1 MPa in the medial tibial plateau, and 1.8 MPa and 1.2 MPa in the lateral tibial plateau. The peak contact force was generally approximately 4000 N when different positions of the tibia were impacted. The maximum contact force of the frontal impact was larger than that of the external impact at 4109 N and 3927 N, respectively. The dynamic knee valgus posture and lateral impacts are more likely to cause tibial injury. The findings of this study provide information for the prevention of sports injuries and rehabilitation treatment.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/24/11760tibiaflexion movementfinite element modelbiomechanicsdamage tolerance
spellingShingle Lei Liu
Qian Qian
Hengjia Liu
Hongyan Liu
Jong-Chul Park
Biomechanical and Injury Tolerance Analysis of Tibial Movement Under Different Postures and Impact Loads
Applied Sciences
tibia
flexion movement
finite element model
biomechanics
damage tolerance
title Biomechanical and Injury Tolerance Analysis of Tibial Movement Under Different Postures and Impact Loads
title_full Biomechanical and Injury Tolerance Analysis of Tibial Movement Under Different Postures and Impact Loads
title_fullStr Biomechanical and Injury Tolerance Analysis of Tibial Movement Under Different Postures and Impact Loads
title_full_unstemmed Biomechanical and Injury Tolerance Analysis of Tibial Movement Under Different Postures and Impact Loads
title_short Biomechanical and Injury Tolerance Analysis of Tibial Movement Under Different Postures and Impact Loads
title_sort biomechanical and injury tolerance analysis of tibial movement under different postures and impact loads
topic tibia
flexion movement
finite element model
biomechanics
damage tolerance
url https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/14/24/11760
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