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{"title":"A computationally efficient gradient-enhanced healing model for soft biological tissues","authors":"Di Zuo,&nbsp;Mingji Zhu,&nbsp;Daye Chen,&nbsp;Qiwen Xue","doi":"10.1007/s10237-024-01851-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10237-024-01851-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Soft biological tissues, such as arterial tissue, have the ability to grow and remodel in response to damage. Computational method plays a critical role in understanding the underlying mechanisms of tissue damage and healing. However, the existing healing model often requires huge computation time and it is inconvenient to implement finite element simulation. In this paper, we propose a computationally efficient gradient-enhanced healing model that combines the advantages of the gradient-enhanced damage model, the homeostatic-driven turnover remodeling model, and the damage-induced growth model. In the proposed model, the evolution of healing-related parameters can be solved explicitly. Additionally, an adaptive time increment method is used to further reduce computation time. The proposed model can be easily implemented in Abaqus, requiring only a user subroutine UMAT. The effectiveness of proposed model is verified through a semi-analytical example, and the influence of the variables in the proposed model is investigated using uniaxial tension and open-hole plate tests. Finally, the long-term development of aneurysms is simulated to demonstrate the potential applications of the proposed model in real biomechanical problems.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":489,"journal":{"name":"Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology","volume":"23 5","pages":"1491 - 1509"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140907834","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Region specific anisotropy and rate dependence of Göttingen minipig brain tissue","authors":"Gregory M. Boiczyk,&nbsp;Noah Pearson,&nbsp;Vivek Bhaskar Kote,&nbsp;Aravind Sundaramurthy,&nbsp;Dhananjay Radhakrishnan Subramaniam,&nbsp;Jose E. Rubio,&nbsp;Ginu Unnikrishnan,&nbsp;Jaques Reifman,&nbsp;Kenneth L. Monson","doi":"10.1007/s10237-024-01852-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10237-024-01852-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Traumatic brain injury is a major cause of morbidity in civilian as well as military populations. Computational simulations of injurious events are an important tool to understanding the biomechanics of brain injury and evaluating injury criteria and safety measures. However, these computational models are highly dependent on the material parameters used to represent the brain tissue. Reported material properties of tissue from the cerebrum and cerebellum remain poorly defined at high rates and with respect to anisotropy. In this work, brain tissue from the cerebrum and cerebellum of male Göttingen minipigs was tested in one of three directions relative to axon fibers in oscillatory simple shear over a large range of strain rates from 0.025 to 250 s⁻¹. Brain tissue showed significant direction dependence in both regions, each with a single preferred loading direction. The tissue also showed strong rate dependence over the full range of rates considered. Transversely isotropic hyper-viscoelastic constitutive models were fit to experimental data using dynamic inverse finite element models to account for wave propagation observed at high strain rates. The fit constitutive models predicted the response in all directions well at rates below 100 s⁻¹, after which they adequately predicted the initial two loading cycles, with the exception of the 250 s⁻¹ rate, where models performed poorly. These constitutive models can be readily implemented in finite element packages and are suitable for simulation of both conventional and blast injury in porcine, especially Göttingen minipig, models.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":489,"journal":{"name":"Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology","volume":"23 5","pages":"1511 - 1529"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140875465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"An in silico approach to elucidate the pathways leading to primary osteoporosis: age-related vs. postmenopausal","authors":"Rocío Ruiz-Lozano,&nbsp;José Luis Calvo-Gallego,&nbsp;Peter Pivonka,&nbsp;Michelle M. McDonald,&nbsp;Javier Martínez-Reina","doi":"10.1007/s10237-024-01846-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10237-024-01846-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Numerical models of bone remodelling have traditionally been used to perform in silico tests of bone loss in postmenopausal women and also to simulate the response to different drug treatments. These models simulate the menopausal oestrogen decline by altering certain signalling pathways. However, they do not consider the simultaneous effect that ageing can have on cell function and bone remodelling, and thus on bone loss. Considering ageing and oestrogen decline together is important for designing osteoporosis treatments that can selectively counteract one or the other disease mechanism. A previously developed bone cell population model was adapted to consider the effect of ageing through: (1) the decrease of TGF-<span>(upbeta)</span> contained in the bone matrix and (2) an increased production of sclerostin by non-skeletal cells. Oestrogen deficiency is simulated in three different ways: (a) an increase in RANKL expression, (b) a decrease in OPG production, and (c) an increase in the responsiveness of osteoclasts to RANKL. The effect of ageing was validated using the cross-sectional study of (Riggs et al. in J Bone Miner Res 19: 1945-1954, 2004) on BMD of trabecular bone of the vertebral body of men. The joint effect of ageing and oestrogen deficiency was validated using these same clinical results but in women. In ageing, the effect of the increasing production of sclerostin is more important than the decrease of TGF-<span>(upbeta)</span>, while the three mechanisms used to simulate the effect of oestrogen deficiency produce almost identical responses. The results show that an early menopause leads to a lower average density in the fifth decade, but after the sixth decade the average density is independent of the age at menopause. Treatment of osteoporosis with denosumab was also simulated to conclude that the drug is not very effective if started before 10 years after menopause or before age 60.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":489,"journal":{"name":"Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology","volume":"23 4","pages":"1393 - 1409"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10237-024-01846-2.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140849595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fingertip dynamic response simulated across excitation points and frequencies","authors":"Gokhan Serhat,&nbsp;Katherine J. Kuchenbecker","doi":"10.1007/s10237-024-01844-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10237-024-01844-4","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Predicting how the fingertip will mechanically respond to different stimuli can help explain human haptic perception and enable improvements to actuation approaches such as ultrasonic mid-air haptics. This study addresses this goal using high-fidelity 3D finite element analyses. We compute the deformation profiles and amplitudes caused by harmonic forces applied in the normal direction at four locations: the center of the finger pad, the side of the finger, the tip of the finger, and the oblique midpoint of these three sites. The excitation frequency is swept from 2.5 to 260 Hz. The simulated frequency response functions (FRFs) obtained for displacement demonstrate that the relative magnitudes of the deformations elicited by stimulating at each of these four locations greatly depend on whether only the excitation point or the entire finger is considered. The point force that induces the smallest local deformation can even cause the largest overall deformation at certain frequency intervals. Above 225 Hz, oblique excitation produces larger mean displacement amplitudes than the other three forces due to excitation of multiple modes involving diagonal deformation. These simulation results give novel insights into the combined influence of excitation location and frequency on the fingertip dynamic response, potentially facilitating the design of future vibration feedback devices.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":489,"journal":{"name":"Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology","volume":"23 4","pages":"1369 - 1376"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11341620/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140847011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Myocardial biomechanical effects of fetal aortic valvuloplasty","authors":"Laura Green,&nbsp;Wei Xuan Chan,&nbsp;Andreas Tulzer,&nbsp;Gerald Tulzer,&nbsp;Choon Hwai Yap","doi":"10.1007/s10237-024-01848-0","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10237-024-01848-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fetal critical aortic stenosis with evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome (CAS-eHLHS) can progress to a univentricular (UV) birth malformation. Catheter-based fetal aortic valvuloplasty (FAV) can resolve stenosis and reduce the likelihood of malformation progression. However, we have limited understanding of the biomechanical impact of FAV and subsequent LV responses. Therefore, we performed image-based finite element (FE) modeling of 4 CAS-eHLHS fetal hearts, by performing iterative simulations to match image-based characteristics and then back-computing physiological parameters. We used pre-FAV simulations to conduct virtual FAV (vFAV) and compared pre-FAV and post-FAV simulations. vFAV simulations generally enabled partial restoration of several physiological features toward healthy levels, including increased stroke volume and myocardial strains, reduced aortic valve (AV) and mitral valve regurgitation (MVr) velocities, reduced LV and LA pressures, and reduced peak myofiber stress. FAV often leads to aortic valve regurgitation (AVr). Our simulations showed that AVr could compromise LV and LA depressurization but it could also significantly increase stroke volume and myocardial deformational stimuli. Post-FAV scans and simulations showed FAV enabled only partial reduction of the AV dissipative coefficient. Furthermore, LV contractility and peripheral vascular resistance could change in response to FAV, preventing decreases in AV velocity and LV pressure, compared with what would be anticipated from stenosis relief. This suggested that case-specific post-FAV modeling is required to fully capture cardiac functionality. Overall, image-based FE modeling could provide mechanistic details of the effects of FAV, but computational prediction of acute outcomes was difficult due to a patient-dependent physiological response to FAV.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":489,"journal":{"name":"Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology","volume":"23 5","pages":"1433 - 1448"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10237-024-01848-0.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140835134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Study on the biodynamic characteristics and internal vibration behaviors of a seated human body under biomechanical characteristics","authors":"RuiChun Dong,&nbsp;Shuai Zhu,&nbsp;Xiang Cheng,&nbsp;Xiang Gao,&nbsp;ZhongLong Wang,&nbsp;Yi Wang","doi":"10.1007/s10237-024-01849-z","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10237-024-01849-z","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To provide reference and theoretical guidance for establishing human body dynamics models and studying biomechanical vibration behavior, this study aimed to develop and verify a computational model of a three-dimensional seated human body with detailed anatomical structure under complex biomechanical characteristics to investigate dynamic characteristics and internal vibration behaviors of the human body. Fifty modes of a seated human body were extracted by modal method. The intervertebral disc and head motions under uniaxial white noise excitation (between 0 and 20 Hz at 1.0, 0.5 and 0.5 m/s² r.m.s. for vertical, fore-aft and lateral direction, respectively) were computed by random response analysis method. It was found that there were many modes of the seated human body in the low-frequency range, and the modes that had a great impact on seated human vibration were mainly distributed below 13 Hz. The responses of different positions of the spine varied greatly under the fore-aft and lateral excitation, but the maximum stress was distributed in the lumbar under different excitations, which could explain why drivers were prone to lower back pain after prolonged driving. Moreover, there was a large vibration coupling between the vertical and fore-aft direction of an upright seated human body, while the vibration couplings between the lateral and other directions were very small. Overall, the study could provide new insights into not only the overall dynamic characteristics of the human body, but also the internal local motion and biomechanical characteristics under different excitations.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":489,"journal":{"name":"Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology","volume":"23 5","pages":"1449 - 1468"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140801949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Validation of a computational biomechanical mouse brain model for rotational head acceleration","authors":"Connor Bradfield,&nbsp;Liming Voo,&nbsp;Anindya Bhaduri,&nbsp;K. T. Ramesh","doi":"10.1007/s10237-024-01843-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10237-024-01843-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Recent mouse brain injury experiments examine diffuse axonal injury resulting from accelerative head rotations. Evaluating brain deformation during these events would provide valuable information on tissue level thresholds for brain injury, but there are many challenges to imaging the brain’s mechanical response during dynamic loading events, such as a blunt head impact. To address this shortcoming, we present an experimentally validated computational biomechanics model of the mouse brain that predicts tissue deformation, given the motion of the mouse head during laboratory experiments. First, we developed a finite element model of the mouse brain that computes tissue strains, given the same head rotations as previously conducted in situ hemicephalic mouse brain experiments. Second, we calibrated the model using a single brain segment, and then validated the model based on the spatial and temporal strain responses of other regions. The result is a computational tool that will provide researchers with the ability to predict brain tissue strains that occur during mouse laboratory experiments, and to link the experiments to the resulting neuropathology, such as diffuse axonal injury.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":489,"journal":{"name":"Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology","volume":"23 4","pages":"1347 - 1367"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140655942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Fracture mechanics modeling of aortic dissection","authors":"Ram Hemanth Yeerella,&nbsp;Shengqiang Cai","doi":"10.1007/s10237-024-01845-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10237-024-01845-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Aortic dissection, a critical cardiovascular condition with life-threatening implications, is distinguished by the development of a tear and its propagation within the aortic wall. A thorough understanding of the initiation and progression of these tears, or cracks, is essential for accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. This paper undertakes a fracture mechanics approach to delve into the mechanics of tear propagation in aortic dissection. Our objective is to elucidate the impact of geometric and material parameters, providing valuable insights into the determinants of this pivotal cardiovascular event. Through our investigation, we have gained an understanding of how various parameters influence the energy release rate for tear propagation in both longitudinal and circumferential directions, aligning our findings with clinical data.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":489,"journal":{"name":"Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology","volume":"23 4","pages":"1377 - 1391"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10237-024-01845-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140664026","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Determining a musculoskeletal system’s pre-stretched state using continuum–mechanical forward modelling and joint range optimization","authors":"Okan Avci,&nbsp;Oliver Röhrle","doi":"10.1007/s10237-024-01821-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10237-024-01821-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The subject-specific range of motion (RoM) of a musculoskeletal joint system is balanced by pre-tension levels of individual muscles, which affects their contraction capability. Such an inherent pre-tension or pre-stretch of muscles is not measureable with in vivo experiments. Using a 3D continuum mechanical forward simulation approach for motion analysis of the musculoskeletal system of the forearm with 3 flexor and 2 extensor muscles, we developed an optimization process to determine the muscle fibre pre-stretches for an initial arm position, which is given human dataset. We used RoM values of a healthy person to balance the motion in extension and flexion. The performed sensitivity study shows that the fibre pre-stretches of the <i>m. brachialis</i>, <i>m. biceps brachii</i> and <i>m. triceps brachii</i> with <span>(91%)</span> dominate the objective flexion ratio, while <i>m. brachiradialis</i> and <i>m. anconeus</i> amount <span>(7.8%)</span> and <span>(1.2%)</span>. Within the multi-dimensional space of the surrogate model, 3D sub-spaces of primary variables, namely the dominant muscles and the global objective, flexion ratio, exhibit a path of optimal solutions. Within this optimal path, the muscle fibre pre-stretch of two flexors demonstrate a negative correlation, while, in contrast, the primary extensor, <i>m. triceps brachii</i> correlates positively to each of the flexors. Comparing the global optimum with four other designs along the optimal path, we saw large deviations, e.g., up to 15<span>(^{circ })</span> in motion and up to 40% in muscle force. This underlines the importance of accurate determination of fibre pre-stretch in muscles, especially, their role in pathological muscular disorders and surgical applications such as free muscle or tendon transfer.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":489,"journal":{"name":"Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology","volume":"23 3","pages":"1031 - 1053"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10237-024-01821-x.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140592362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The mechanical effects of chemical stimuli on neurospheres","authors":"Yun-Han Huang,&nbsp;Roza Vaez Ghaemi,&nbsp;James Cheon,&nbsp;Vikramaditya G. Yadav,&nbsp;John M. Frostad","doi":"10.1007/s10237-024-01841-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s10237-024-01841-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The formulation of more accurate models to describe tissue mechanics necessitates the availability of tools and instruments that can precisely measure the mechanical response of tissues to physical loads and other stimuli. In this regard, neuroscience has trailed other life sciences owing to the unavailability of representative live tissue models and deficiency of experimentation tools. We previously addressed both challenges by employing a novel instrument called the cantilevered-capillary force apparatus (CCFA) to elucidate the mechanical properties of mouse neurospheres under compressive forces. The neurospheres were derived from murine stem cells, and our study was the first of its kind to investigate the viscoelasticity of living neural tissues in vitro. In the current study, we demonstrate the utility of the CCFA as a broadly applicable tool to evaluate tissue mechanics by quantifying the effect that oxidative stress has on the mechanical properties of neurospheres. We treated mouse neurospheres with non-cytotoxic levels of hydrogen peroxide and subsequently evaluated the storage and loss moduli of the tissues under compression and tension. We observed that the neurospheres exhibit viscoelasticity consistent with neural tissue and show that elastic modulus decreases with increasing size of the neurosphere. Our study yields insights for establishing rheological measurements as biomarkers by laying the groundwork for measurement techniques and showing that the influence of a particular treatment may be misinterpreted if the size dependence is ignored.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":489,"journal":{"name":"Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology","volume":"23 4","pages":"1319 - 1329"},"PeriodicalIF":3.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140592228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}