Kinematics of the human ankle complex in passive flexion; A single degree of freedom system

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-118

  Leardini, A ^a   O'Connor, J J ^b   Catani, F ^a   Giannini, S ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ankle; Axis of rotation; Degrees of freedom; Ligament length; Subtalar

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS;

PASSIVE FLEXION;

GAIT ANALYSIS;

ANKLE; ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT MOBILITY; LIGAMENT SURGERY; LIMB AMPUTATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION;

ANKLE JOINT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LIGAMENTS, ARTICULAR; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REFERENCE VALUES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 0033081250     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(98)00157-2     Document Type: Article

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