Influence of flexion of the knee and femoral rotation on retropatellar contact in humans;Der einfluss von kniegelenkbeugung und femurrotation auf den retropatellaren kontakt des menschlichen kniegelenkes

Biomedizinische Technik

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 334-338

  Fuchs, S ^a   Schutte G ^b   Witte, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Flexion; Fuji film; Knee joint; Patella; Pressure

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVERIC EXPERIMENTS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

KNEE FLEXION; RETROPATELLAR CONTACT;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMUR; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; JOINT PRESSURE; KNEE FUNCTION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATELLA;

EID: 0342905004     PISSN: 00135585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/bmte.1999.44.12.334     Document Type: Article

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