The difference in trochlear orientation between the natural knee and current prosthetic knee designs; towards a truly physiological prosthetic groove orientation

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1708-1715

  Barink, M ^a   Van de Groes, S ^a   Verdonschot, N ^a   De Waal Malefijt, M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Femoral component; Groove orientation; Knee prosthesis; Sulcus; Trochlea

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BIOMECHANICS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NUMERICAL METHODS;

FEMORAL COMPONENT; GROOVE ORIENTATION; KNEE PROSTHESIS; SULCUS; TROCHLEA;

PROSTHETICS;

ARTICLE; FEMUR CONDYLE; IMPLANTATION; KNEE FUNCTION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CADAVER; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE JOINT;

EID: 33744521894     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2005.04.027     Document Type: Article

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