A multi-scale modelling framework combining musculoskeletal rigid-body simulations with adaptive finite element analyses, to evaluate the impact of femoral geometry on hip joint contact forces and femoral bone growth

• Hans Kainz ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: hans.kainz@kuleuven.be

  Affiliations Department of Biomechanics, Kinesiology and Computer Science in Sport, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5296-6040

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• Bryce Adrian Killen,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Mariska Wesseling,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Fernando Perez-Boerema,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Lorenzo Pitto,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Jose Manuel Garcia Aznar,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

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• Sandra Shefelbine,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Ilse Jonkers

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Human Movement Biomechanics Research Group, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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