The geometry of the knee in the sagittal plane

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 203, Issue 4, 1989, Pages 223-233

  O'Connor, J J ^a   Shercliff, T L ^a   Biden, E ^a   Goodfellow, J W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NUFFIELD ORTHOPAEDIC CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS--BONE;

KNEE GEOMETRY; SAGITTAL PLANE; TIBIO-FEMORAL JOINT;

BIOMECHANICS;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KNEE; LIGAMENT; MATHEMATICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0024809785     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20416518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1989_203_043_01     Document Type: Article

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