Finite element analysis of lower limb

This paper presents a finite element simulation of a human lower limb in a full extension after a knee joint arthroplasty. Aside a total knee endoprosthesis Medin Modulár (size 76, right knee) provided by Medin Orthopedics, a.s., Czech Republic, two long bones, femur and tibia were used. As for a load, more than 30 most important muscles of the lower limb and 8 knee ligaments were disigned. Compared with our former results, this model gives reduced stress and contact pressures values which were given by more realistic ankle and hip joint definition. Their distributions correspond our former findings.