Numerical simulation of fracture healing.
10.7507/1001-5515.202004010
- Author:
Ruisen FU
1
;
Haisheng YANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Environment and Life Science, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, P.R.China.
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
fracture healing;
mechanobiology;
numerical model;
tissue differentiation
- MeSH:
Computer Simulation;
Fracture Healing;
Fractures, Bone;
Humans;
Models, Biological;
Stress, Mechanical
- From:
Journal of Biomedical Engineering
2020;37(5):930-935
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Fracture is a common physical injury. Its healing process involves complex biological activities at tissue, cellular and molecular levels and is affected by mechanical and biological factors. Over recent years, numerical simulation methods have been widely used to explore the mechanisms of fracture healing, design fixators and develop novel treatment strategies, etc. This paper mainly recommend the numerical methods used for simulating fracture healing and their latest research progress, which helps people better understand the mechanism of fracture healing, and also provides direction and guidance for the numerical simulation research of fracture healing in the future. First, the fracture healing process and its relationship with mechanical stimulation and biological factors are described. Then, the numerical models used for simulating fracture healing (including mechano-regulatory model, biological regulatory model and mechano-biological regulatory model) and corresponding modeling techniques (mainly including agent-based techniques and fuzzy logic controlling method) were summarized in particular. Finally, the future research directions in numerical simulation of fracture healing were preliminarily prospected.
