"3D-Printed Future Human Shows How Our Joints Will Evolve " Topic
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| Tango01 | 03 Jan 2017 12:10 p.m. PST |
"Computer models that predict how the human skeleton will evolve are being used to print troublesome joints that will likely cause us pain. As humans evolved to stand upright, so too did our skeleton. Over millennia, our knee, hip and shoulder joints changed shape to accommodate the redistribution of weight. But those past changes are the primary reason we experience joint pain today. And although orthopedic doctors have treatments and surgical procedures to address some of those problems, they haven't been able to anticipate how those joints will likely change in the future. Now, Paul Monk, an orthopedic doctor at Oxford University, and his team have built computer models to predict how those joints will change in the future. The models are being used to not only create a 3-D visualization of the very joints surgeons are often called upon to repair but to print 3-D models of them. The ability to glance into the future of the human skeleton is more than a theoretical exercise. It could advance orthopedic therapies and create new treatments or surgical procedures to address the adaptions…"
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