A Model of Human Knee Ligaments in the Sagittal Plane: Part 1: Response to Passive Flexion

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

Volumn 206, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 125-134

  Zavatsky, A B ^a   O'connor, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; JOINTS (ANATOMY); KINEMATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM;

CRUCIATE LIGAMENT FIBERS; FLEXION ANGLE; ISOMETRIC LINKS; KNEE LIGAMENTS; NATURAL FIBER MAPPING; PASSIVE KNEE FLEXION; SAGITTAL PLANE;

LIGAMENTS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; KNEE; LIGAMENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE;

ALGORITHMS; HUMAN; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; REFERENCE VALUES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T;

EID: 0027001223     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: 20416518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/PIME_PROC_1992_206_280_02     Document Type: Article

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