A musculoskeletal model of the knee for evaluating ligament forces during isometric contractions

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-176

  Shelburne, Kevin B ^a   Pandy, Marcus G ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee model; Ligament forces; Muscle contractions

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BONE; LIGAMENTS; LOADS (FORCES); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MUSCLE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS; ISOMETRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTIONS; LATERAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENTS;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CALCULATION; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMUR; FLEXOR MUSCLE; FORCE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT; MODEL; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; TENDON; TIBIA;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MEDIAL COLLATERAL LIGAMENT, KNEE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PATELLA; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TENDONS; TIBIA;

EID: 0031080798     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(96)00119-4     Document Type: Article

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