New paper from PhD student Willi Koller

Do you want to know how the internal femoral geometry and growth plate load differ between children with and without cerebral palsy?

Check out the latest paper of our PhD student Willi Koller, which got published as one of the highlights of the European Society of Biomechanics Congress 2022.

Frontiers | Intra- and inter-subject variability of femoral growth plate stresses in typically developing children and children with cerebral palsy (frontiersin.org)

Willi Koller, Basilio Goncalves, Arnold Baca, Hans Kainz

We developed and shared a workflow to create Finite Element models with the required hexahedral elements in a rapid way based on free software. Peers are encouraged to use the workflow to enhance our insights in growth plate loading and bone growth.

Growth plate stresses were similar in all our typically developing children despite the variability in gait and different growth plate locations and orientations. Some but not all children with cerebral palsy showed large deviations in growth plate stresses.