Francesco Mattia Bruno
Coupling of multibody models and finite element models to investigate the role of muscles in the in silico prediction of femoral fracture risk.
Rel. Alessandra Aldieri, Mara Terzini, Cristina Bignardi. Politecnico di Torino, Corso di laurea magistrale in Ingegneria Biomedica, 2024
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Abstract
Femoral fractures pose a significant challenge to public health, especially in light of the increasing number of elderly subjects affected by osteoporosis worldwide. In this context, when aiming to predict femoral fracture in silico, it is still not clear whether muscles actions have a protective effect on the fracture risk or, on the contrary, those increase the fracture risk. Hence, aiming to evaluate the contribution of muscles forces in this context, this thesis focused on exploring various approaches described in the literature to transfer muscles forces from a multibody model to a finite element (FE) model of the femur. In particular, several methods to constrain the FE model were analysed.
An Opensim-derived simplified musculoskeletal model was used to simulate a static pose and calculate the muscle forces directly acting on the femur
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