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Ankle joint pressure change in varus malalignment of the tibia

BACKGROUND: Varus malalignment of the tibia could alter ankle biomechanics, and might lead to degenerative changes of the ankle joint. However, previous studies failed to report the detailed changes of ankle biomechanics in varus malalignment of the tibia. The aim of this biomechanical study was to...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Yuan, Li, Xingchen, Xu, Xiangyang
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7057511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32131794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-3163-2
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description BACKGROUND: Varus malalignment of the tibia could alter ankle biomechanics, and might lead to degenerative changes of the ankle joint. However, previous studies failed to report the detailed changes of ankle biomechanics in varus malalignment of the tibia. The aim of this biomechanical study was to evaluate how the ankle joint pressure would change in response to the incremental increases in varus malalignment of the tibia. METHODS: Eight fresh-frozen human cadaver legs were tested in this study. Varus malalignment of the tibia and a total of 600 N compressive force was simulated using a custom made fixture. Intra-articular sensors (TeckScan) were inserted in the ankle joint to collect the ankle joint pressure data. The testing sequence was 0°, 2°,4°,6°,8°,10°,12°,14°,16°,18°,20° of tibial varus. RESULTS: As the tibial varus progressed, the center of force (COF) shifted laterally both for the medial and lateral aspect of the ankle joint. For the medial aspect of the ankle joint, the lateral shift reached its maximum at 8° [2.76 (1.62) mm, p = 0.002] of tibial varus, while for the lateral aspect of the ankle joint, the lateral shift reached its maximum at 12° [2.11 (1.19) mm, p = 0.002] of tibial varus. Thereafter, the COF shifted medially as the tibial varus progressed. For the lateral aspect of the ankle joint, The P(mean) increased from 2103.8 (625.1) kPa at 0° to 2295.3 (589.7) kPa at 8° of tibial varus (p = 0.047), significant difference was found between the P(mean) at 0° and 8° (p = 0.047) of tibial varus. Then as the tibial varus progressed, the P(mean) decreased to 1748.9 (467.2) kPa at 20° of tibial varus (p = 0.002). The lateral joint pressure ratio also increased from 0.481 (0.125) at 0° to 0.548 (0.108) at 10° of tibial varus (p = 0.002), then decreased to 0.517 (0.101) at 20° of tibial varus (p = 0.002) . CONCLUSIONS: For mild tibial varus deformities, there was a lateral shift of COF and lateral stress concentration within the ankle joint. However, as the tibial varus progressed, the COF shifted medially and the lateral stress concentration decreased.
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spelling pubmed-70575112020-03-10 Ankle joint pressure change in varus malalignment of the tibia Zhu, Yuan Li, Xingchen Xu, Xiangyang BMC Musculoskelet Disord Research Article BACKGROUND: Varus malalignment of the tibia could alter ankle biomechanics, and might lead to degenerative changes of the ankle joint. However, previous studies failed to report the detailed changes of ankle biomechanics in varus malalignment of the tibia. The aim of this biomechanical study was to evaluate how the ankle joint pressure would change in response to the incremental increases in varus malalignment of the tibia. METHODS: Eight fresh-frozen human cadaver legs were tested in this study. Varus malalignment of the tibia and a total of 600 N compressive force was simulated using a custom made fixture. Intra-articular sensors (TeckScan) were inserted in the ankle joint to collect the ankle joint pressure data. The testing sequence was 0°, 2°,4°,6°,8°,10°,12°,14°,16°,18°,20° of tibial varus. RESULTS: As the tibial varus progressed, the center of force (COF) shifted laterally both for the medial and lateral aspect of the ankle joint. For the medial aspect of the ankle joint, the lateral shift reached its maximum at 8° [2.76 (1.62) mm, p = 0.002] of tibial varus, while for the lateral aspect of the ankle joint, the lateral shift reached its maximum at 12° [2.11 (1.19) mm, p = 0.002] of tibial varus. Thereafter, the COF shifted medially as the tibial varus progressed. For the lateral aspect of the ankle joint, The P(mean) increased from 2103.8 (625.1) kPa at 0° to 2295.3 (589.7) kPa at 8° of tibial varus (p = 0.047), significant difference was found between the P(mean) at 0° and 8° (p = 0.047) of tibial varus. Then as the tibial varus progressed, the P(mean) decreased to 1748.9 (467.2) kPa at 20° of tibial varus (p = 0.002). The lateral joint pressure ratio also increased from 0.481 (0.125) at 0° to 0.548 (0.108) at 10° of tibial varus (p = 0.002), then decreased to 0.517 (0.101) at 20° of tibial varus (p = 0.002) . CONCLUSIONS: For mild tibial varus deformities, there was a lateral shift of COF and lateral stress concentration within the ankle joint. However, as the tibial varus progressed, the COF shifted medially and the lateral stress concentration decreased. BioMed Central 2020-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7057511/ /pubmed/32131794 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-3163-2 Text en © The Author(s). 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data.
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Li, Xingchen
Xu, Xiangyang
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title Ankle joint pressure change in varus malalignment of the tibia
title_full Ankle joint pressure change in varus malalignment of the tibia
title_fullStr Ankle joint pressure change in varus malalignment of the tibia
title_full_unstemmed Ankle joint pressure change in varus malalignment of the tibia
title_short Ankle joint pressure change in varus malalignment of the tibia
title_sort ankle joint pressure change in varus malalignment of the tibia
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7057511/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32131794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-020-3163-2
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