Measuring knee joint laxity: A review of applicable models and the need for new approaches to minimize variability

Clinical Biomechanics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-13

  Kupper J C ^a   Loitz Ramage, B ^b   Corr, D T ^b   Hart, D A ^c   Ronsky, J L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b McCaig Centre for Joint Injury and Arthritis Research   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact; Finite element; Ligament force; Lumped parameter; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stiffness

Indexed keywords

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LUMPED PARAMETER NETWORKS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STIFFNESS; TISSUE;

KNEE JOINT LAXITY; LIGAMENT FORCE;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; DEVICE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; JOINT LAXITY; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; LEG MOVEMENT; LEG MUSCLE; LOADING TEST; MEASUREMENT; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TIBIA; TRANSDUCER;

ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33845675327     PISSN: 02680033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiomech.2006.08.003     Document Type: Review

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