Finite Element Analysis of the Wrist Joint Affected by Rheumatoid Arthritis - Computational Biomechanics of the Wrist Joint - page 55

Fig. 5.15 Von Mises stress
distribution for the palmar
aspect of the healthy and the
RA models
physiologically sustain the applied load, thus resulted in high stress concentration
at this destructed articulation.
It was noteworthy to highlight that the SLAC and SLD in rheumatic wrist were
also led to high contact pressure found at the radiocarpal articulation with a max-
imum pressure of 116 MPa at the radiolunate joint. In comparison with the healthy