How the stiffness of meniscal attachments and meniscal material properties affect tibio-femoral contact pressure computed using a validated finite element model of the human knee joint

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-34

  Haut Donahue, Tammy L ^a,d   Hull, M L ^a   Rashid, Mark M ^b   Jacobs, Christopher R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d Michigan Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact; Finite element method; Knee; Material properties; Meniscus

Indexed keywords

BONE; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CARTILAGE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; JOINTS (ANATOMY); OPTIMIZATION; STIFFNESS;

MENISCAL ALLOGRAFTS;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARTILAGE DEGENERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANTATION; JOINT PRESSURE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIBIA; TISSUE; TISSUE REPAIR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; FEMUR; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0037212118     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9290(02)00305-6     Document Type: Article

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