Design and validation of an unconstrained loading system to measure the envelope of motion in the rabbit knee joint

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 347-354

  Milne, A D ^a   Giffin, J R ^a   Chess, D G ^a   Johnson, J A ^a   King, G J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Joint Loading; Joint Stability; Kinematics; Knee; Unconstrained

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); LIGAMENTS; LOADS (FORCES); MAGNETOELECTRIC EFFECTS; TRACKING (POSITION);

JOINT ARTHRITIS; MOTION ENVELOPE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; JOINT STABILITY; KINETICS; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; MEASUREMENT; MOTION; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FEMALE; KNEE JOINT; MOVEMENT; RABBITS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; VALGUS;

EID: 0034837246     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.1384877     Document Type: Article

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