Comparison between accelerometer and kinematic techniques for the evaluation of hoof slip distance: a preliminary study

Abstract

Subject-specific finite element models are an extensively used tool for the numerical analysis of the biomechanical behaviour of human bones. However, bone modelling is not an easy task due to the complex behaviour of bone tissue, involving non-homogeneous and anisotropic mechanical properties. Moreover, bone is a living tissue and therefore its microstructure and mechanical properties evolve with time in a known process called bone remodelling. This phenomenon has been widely studied, many being the numerical models that have been formulated to predict density distribution and its evolution in several bones. The aim of the present study is to assess the capability of a bone remodelling model to predict the bone density distribution of different types of human bone (femur, tibia and mandible) comparing the obtained results with the bone density estimated by means of computerised tomography. Good accuracy was observed for the bone remodelling predictions including the thickness of the cortical layer.

Physics of animal health: on the mechano-biology of hoof growth and form

“…Biomechanical studies of the equid's hoof capsule were the first to gather essential information regarding the stress/strain relationships and viscoelastic properties of the hoof capsule in relation to its morphology by considering the adult hoof as a static piece of tissue [16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23]. However, the hoof is not static but grows continuously over time and the question as to how the growth of a hoof responds to the physical environment has not received any adequate answers.…”