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Full-field measurement of micromotion around a cementless femoral stem using micro-CT imaging and radiopaque markers

Malfroy Camine, V.  
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Rüdiger, H.A.
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Pioletti, D.P.  
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2016
Journal of Biomechanics

A good primary stability of cementless femoral stems is essential for the long-term success of total hip arthroplasty. Experimental measurement of implant micromotion with linear variable differential transformers is commonly used to assess implant primary stability in pre-clinical testing. But these measurements are often limited to a few distinct points at the interface. New techniques based on micro-computed tomography (micro-CT) have recently been introduced, such as Digital Volume Correlation (DVC) or markers-based approaches. DVC is however limited to measurement around non-metallic implants due to metal-induced imaging artifacts, and markers-based techniques are confined to a small portion of the implant. In this paper, we present a technique based on micro-CT imaging and radiopaque markers to provide the first full-field micromotion measurement at the entire bone–implant interface of a cementless femoral stem implanted in a cadaveric femur. Micromotion was measured during compression and torsion. Over 300 simultaneous measurement points were obtained. Micromotion amplitude ranged from 0 to 24 µm in compression and from 0 to 49 µm in torsion. Peak micromotion was distal in compression and proximal in torsion. The technique bias was 5.1 µm and its repeatability standard deviation was 4 µm. The method was thus highly reliable and compared well with results obtained with linear variable differential transformers (LVDTs) reported in the literature. These results indicate that this micro-CT based technique is perfectly relevant to observe local variations in primary stability around metallic implants. Possible applications include pre-clinical testing of implants and validation of patient-specific models for pre-operative planning.

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DOI
10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.10.029
Web of Science ID

WOS:000390971300035

Author(s)
Malfroy Camine, V.  
Rüdiger, H.A.
Pioletti, D.P.  
Terrier, A.  
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Elsevier

Published in
Journal of Biomechanics
Volume

49

Issue

16

Start page

4002

End page

4008

Subjects

Primary stability

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Micromotion

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Femoral stem

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Micro-CT

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Total hip replacement

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November 22, 2016
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