Biomechanics of the medial meniscus in the osteoarthritic knee joint

BACKGROUND: Increased mechanical loading and pathological response of joint tissue to the abnormal mechanical stress can cause degradation of cartilage characteristic of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Despite osteoarthritis is risk factor for the development of meniscal lesions the mechanism of degenerat...

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Autores principales: Daszkiewicz, Karol, Łuczkiewicz, Piotr
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Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8627128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900428
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12509
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Łuczkiewicz, Piotr
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description BACKGROUND: Increased mechanical loading and pathological response of joint tissue to the abnormal mechanical stress can cause degradation of cartilage characteristic of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Despite osteoarthritis is risk factor for the development of meniscal lesions the mechanism of degenerative meniscal lesions is still unclear. Therefore, the aim of the study is to investigate the influence of medial compartment knee OA on the stress state and deformation of the medial meniscus. METHODS: The finite element method was used to simulate the stance phase of the gait cycle. An intact knee model was prepared based on magnetic resonance scans of the left knee joint of a healthy volunteer. Degenerative changes in the medial knee OA model were simulated by nonuniform reduction in articular cartilage thickness in specific areas and by a decrease in the material parameters of cartilage and menisci. Two additional models were created to separately evaluate the effect of alterations in articular cartilage geometry and material parameters of the soft tissues on the results. A nonlinear dynamic analysis was performed for standardized knee loads applied to the tibia bone. RESULTS: The maximum von Mises stress of 26.8 MPa was observed in the posterior part of the medial meniscus body in the OA model. The maximal hoop stress for the first peak of total force was 83% greater in the posterior horn and only 11% greater in the anterior horn of the medial meniscus in the OA model than in the intact model. The reduction in cartilage thickness caused an increase of 57% in medial translation of the medial meniscus body. A decrease in the compressive modulus of menisci resulted in a 2.5-fold greater reduction in the meniscal body width compared to the intact model. CONCLUSIONS: Higher hoop stress levels on the inner edge of the posterior part of the medial meniscus in the OA model than in the intact model are associated with a greater medial translation of the meniscus body and a greater reduction in its width. The considerable increase in hoop stresses shows that medial knee OA may contribute to the initiation of meniscal radial tears.
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spelling pubmed-86271282021-12-09 Biomechanics of the medial meniscus in the osteoarthritic knee joint Daszkiewicz, Karol Łuczkiewicz, Piotr PeerJ Bioengineering BACKGROUND: Increased mechanical loading and pathological response of joint tissue to the abnormal mechanical stress can cause degradation of cartilage characteristic of knee osteoarthritis (OA). Despite osteoarthritis is risk factor for the development of meniscal lesions the mechanism of degenerative meniscal lesions is still unclear. Therefore, the aim of the study is to investigate the influence of medial compartment knee OA on the stress state and deformation of the medial meniscus. METHODS: The finite element method was used to simulate the stance phase of the gait cycle. An intact knee model was prepared based on magnetic resonance scans of the left knee joint of a healthy volunteer. Degenerative changes in the medial knee OA model were simulated by nonuniform reduction in articular cartilage thickness in specific areas and by a decrease in the material parameters of cartilage and menisci. Two additional models were created to separately evaluate the effect of alterations in articular cartilage geometry and material parameters of the soft tissues on the results. A nonlinear dynamic analysis was performed for standardized knee loads applied to the tibia bone. RESULTS: The maximum von Mises stress of 26.8 MPa was observed in the posterior part of the medial meniscus body in the OA model. The maximal hoop stress for the first peak of total force was 83% greater in the posterior horn and only 11% greater in the anterior horn of the medial meniscus in the OA model than in the intact model. The reduction in cartilage thickness caused an increase of 57% in medial translation of the medial meniscus body. A decrease in the compressive modulus of menisci resulted in a 2.5-fold greater reduction in the meniscal body width compared to the intact model. CONCLUSIONS: Higher hoop stress levels on the inner edge of the posterior part of the medial meniscus in the OA model than in the intact model are associated with a greater medial translation of the meniscus body and a greater reduction in its width. The considerable increase in hoop stresses shows that medial knee OA may contribute to the initiation of meniscal radial tears. PeerJ Inc. 2021-11-24 /pmc/articles/PMC8627128/ /pubmed/34900428 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12509 Text en ©2021 Daszkiewicz and Łuczkiewicz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
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Daszkiewicz, Karol
Łuczkiewicz, Piotr
Biomechanics of the medial meniscus in the osteoarthritic knee joint
title Biomechanics of the medial meniscus in the osteoarthritic knee joint
title_full Biomechanics of the medial meniscus in the osteoarthritic knee joint
title_fullStr Biomechanics of the medial meniscus in the osteoarthritic knee joint
title_full_unstemmed Biomechanics of the medial meniscus in the osteoarthritic knee joint
title_short Biomechanics of the medial meniscus in the osteoarthritic knee joint
title_sort biomechanics of the medial meniscus in the osteoarthritic knee joint
topic Bioengineering
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8627128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34900428
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.12509
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