Publications by authors named "Laure-Lise Gras"

Background: A mobile polyethylene liner enables the dual mobility cup (DMC) to contribute to restoring hip joint range-of-motion, decreasing wear and increasing implant stability. However, more data is required on how liner orientation changes with hip joint movement. As a first step towards better understanding liner orientation change in vivo, this cadaver study focuses on quantifying DMC liner orientation change after different hip passive movements, using ultrasound imaging and motion analysis.

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Introduction: A variety of techniques have been described for femoral fixation in medial patellofemoral ligament reconstruction (MPFLr). The aim of this study was to compare the biomechanical performance of the most used methods for graft fixation in the femur using human cadaveric tissue. We wondered what is the best fixation method for femoral fixation in MPFL reconstruction?

Hypothesis: A suspensory fixation device provides the best femoral fixation.

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The Dual Mobility Cup (DMC) was created in 1974 to prevent dislocation and decrease wear. However, the movement of the polyethylene liner in vivo remains unclear. The aims of this study were to visualise liner positions and quantify the accuracy of the liner plane orientation for static positions, using ultrasound imaging.

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Purpose: The purpose was to conduct an independent biomechanical study comparing the main types of femoral fixation adapted to short hamstring grafts in anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction surgery and to validate their performance.

Methods: The ACLip Femoral, ToggleLoc™ Ziploop (TLZ), and Tape Locking Screw (TLS) implants were tested in tension in the following three different configurations: implant alone, implant fixed on the femur without graft, and implant fixed on the femur with graft. Grafts alone were also tested.

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Background: Distal biceps tendon repair using endobutton fixation has shown the best biomechanical results in terms of pullout strength. Here, we compared Sethi's enhanced tension adjustable endobutton technique known as the "tension slide technique" to a new knotless endobutton fixation technique without a post-fixation screw. Our new approach is as effective as the tension slide technique in terms of pullout strength and gapping after early mobilization.

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Fascia is a fibrous connective tissue present all over the body. At the lower limb level, the deep fascia that is overlying muscles of the outer thigh and sheathing them (fascia lata) is involved in various pathologies. However, the understanding and quantification of the mechanisms involved in these sheathing effects are still unclear.

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Ilio-psoas impingement after total hip arthroplasty often occurs with the metallic rim of the acetabular cup. The main causes are poor cup anteversion or anterior wall defect. We firstly report here the case of a patient complaining of iliopsoas impingement due to contact with the liner of a dual-mobility device.

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Emergency events can influence a child's kinematics prior to a car-crash, and thus its interaction with the restraint system. Numerical Human Body Models (HBMs) can help understand the behaviour of children in emergency events. The kinematic responses of two child HBMs-MADYMO 6 and 10 year-old models-were evaluated and compared with child volunteers' data during emergency events-braking and steering-with a focus on the forehead and sternum displacements.

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  • This study focuses on characterizing the passive response of human muscle in tension, specifically using the extensor carpi ulnaris, due to a lack of data on human muscle properties.
  • Tensile tests were conducted at three different strain rates, and a new model combining nonlinear and Maxwell elements was developed to describe muscle behavior.
  • The findings indicate specific parameters, including Young's modulus and viscosity, which can help in understanding and modeling the mechanics of human muscles under various conditions, potentially applicable to other muscles as well.
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  • Understanding the mechanical properties of the human sternocleidomastoideus muscle is crucial for improving numerical models of the head and neck, but much existing data comes from animal studies.
  • This study focuses on characterizing the viscoelastic properties of this human muscle during relaxation, utilizing a generalized Maxwell's model for analysis.
  • The results indicate that a second-order Maxwell's model most accurately describes the muscle's viscoelastic behavior, enhancing our understanding of its response to tension and relaxation.
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Numerical models of the human body require realistic mechanical properties of the muscles as input, but, generally, such data are available only for animals' muscles. As a consequence, the aim of this study was to identify the hyper-elastic behavior of the human sternocleidomastoideus muscle in tension using different constitutive laws. Ten sternocleidomastoideus muscles were tested in vitro.

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Most recent finite element models that represent muscles are generic or subject-specific models that use complex, constitutive laws. Identification of the parameters of such complex, constitutive laws could be an important limit for subject-specific approaches. The aim of this study was to assess the possibility of modelling muscle behaviour in compression with a parametric model and a simple, constitutive law.

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