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The potential role of variations in juvenile hip geometry on the development of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: a biomechanical investigation

The potential role of variations in juvenile hip geometry on the development of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: a biomechanical investigation
The potential role of variations in juvenile hip geometry on the development of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: a biomechanical investigation

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCP) is one of the most poorly understood diseases in paediatric orthopaedics. One common trait of LCP is the marked morphological difference between healthy and pathological hips, early deviations of which (i.e. prior to disease onset) have been suggested to lead to the overload and collapse of the epiphysis. Here, the impact of common variations in geometry is investigated with a finite element model of a juvenile femur under single leg standing and landing. Here, the impact of typical variations in geometry is investigated with a finite element model of a juvenile femur under single leg standing and landing. The variations appear to have only a limited effect on the stress distribution in the femoral epiphysis even during high impact activities. This suggests that, for this individual at least, they would be unlikely to cause epiphyseal overload and collapse, even in the presence of a skeletally immature epiphysis.

biomechanics, finite element analysis, hip morphology, juvenile hip, Perthes disease
1025-5842
194-200
Pinheiro, Manuel da Silva
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Dobson, Catherine
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Clarke, Nicholas M.
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Fagan, Michael
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Pinheiro, Manuel da Silva
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Dobson, Catherine
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Clarke, Nicholas M.
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Fagan, Michael
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Pinheiro, Manuel da Silva, Dobson, Catherine, Clarke, Nicholas M. and Fagan, Michael (2018) The potential role of variations in juvenile hip geometry on the development of Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease: a biomechanical investigation. Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering, 21 (2), 194-200. (doi:10.1080/10255842.2018.1437151).

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Abstract

Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease (LCP) is one of the most poorly understood diseases in paediatric orthopaedics. One common trait of LCP is the marked morphological difference between healthy and pathological hips, early deviations of which (i.e. prior to disease onset) have been suggested to lead to the overload and collapse of the epiphysis. Here, the impact of common variations in geometry is investigated with a finite element model of a juvenile femur under single leg standing and landing. Here, the impact of typical variations in geometry is investigated with a finite element model of a juvenile femur under single leg standing and landing. The variations appear to have only a limited effect on the stress distribution in the femoral epiphysis even during high impact activities. This suggests that, for this individual at least, they would be unlikely to cause epiphyseal overload and collapse, even in the presence of a skeletally immature epiphysis.

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Accepted/In Press date: 1 February 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 8 February 2018
Keywords: biomechanics, finite element analysis, hip morphology, juvenile hip, Perthes disease

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Local EPrints ID: 420712
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/420712
ISSN: 1025-5842
PURE UUID: cf84427a-ab4f-473a-bc5b-bcae9a8684f2

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Date deposited: 11 May 2018 16:30
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 18:36

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Author: Manuel da Silva Pinheiro
Author: Catherine Dobson
Author: Michael Fagan

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