A Review of Use FEM Techniques in Modeling of Human Knee Joint

Abstract

The human knee joint is very critical and complex joint of human body which is responsible for our optimal daily functions. It consists of various bones – femur, tibia, patella, fibula, different ligaments, cartilages, menisci and muscles. FEM is a very useful tool for the analysis of knee joint and various knee replacement products. In the knee replacement surgery a proper understanding of knee joint biomechanics is essential. Because of certain limitations of experimental studies, FEM analysis process is playing a significance role for prominent understanding of knee biomechanics and produced an effective and impressive tool for total knee replacement (TKR/TKA) or partial knee replacement (PKR/PKA). The aim of this paper is to give a review on FEM analysis of human knee joint and knee prosthesis devices and how much adequate this method for these type of analysis.