Impact load transmission of the knee joint-influence of leg alignment and the role of meniscus and articular cartilage

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 516-521

  Fukuda, Yukihisa ^a   Takai, Shinro ^a   Yoshino, Nobuyuki ^a   Murase, Kouhei ^b   Tsutsumi, Sadami ^c   Ikeuchi, Ken ^c   Hirasawa, Yasusuke ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Articular cartilage; Impact load; Knee joint; load transmission; Meniscus

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE; COMPRESSIVE STRESS; IMPACT TESTING; JOINTS (ANATOMY); PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; LOAD TRANSMISSION; MENISCECTOMY;

BIOMECHANICS;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CANCELLOUS BONE; COMPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIPHYSIS; KNEE MENISCUS; MENISCECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SWINE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POSTURE; PROBABILITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0034119604     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0268-0033(00)00013-9     Document Type: Article

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