A planar model of the knee joint to characterize the knee extensor mechanism

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1989, Pages 1-10

  Yamaguchi, Gary T ^a,b   Zajac, Felix E ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; PROSTHETICS--JOINT PROSTHESES;

KNEE EXTENSOR MECHANISM; KNEE JOINTS; TIBIOFEMORAL JOINT MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

BIOMECHANICS; KNEE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PATELLA; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMAN; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; PATELLA; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0024600065     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9290(89)90179-6     Document Type: Article

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