The relationship between surface topography and contact in the elbow joint: Development of a two-dimensional geometrical model in the coronal plane

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

Volumn 214, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 413-422

  Waide, D V ^a   Lawlor, G J ^b   McCormack, B A O ^b   Carr, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b Atlantic Technological University Sligo   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Contact area; Coronal plane; Elbow; Modelling

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); MODELS; TOPOGRAPHY; BIOMECHANICS; JOINT PROSTHESES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

ARTICULATING SURFACES; CLINICAL CONDITIONS; CONTACT AREAS; CORONAL PLANES; ELBOW; GEOMETRICAL MODELING; JOINT DEGENERATIONS; PROSTHETIC COMPONENTS;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; JOINTS (ANATOMY);

CORONAL PLANE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELBOW; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMERUS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIUS; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULNA;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELBOW JOINT; HUMANS; HUMERUS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIUS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULNA;

EID: 0033654181     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954411001535444     Document Type: Article

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