Mechanics of the passive knee joint. Part 1: The role of the tibial articular surfaces in guiding the passive motion

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine

Volumn 220, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 813-822

  Amiri, S ^a   Cooke, D ^a   Kim, I Y ^a   Wyss, U ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Articular surfaces; Equivalent meniscal surface; Geometric features; Geometry; Internal rotation; Knee; Meniscus; Model; Passive motion; Posterior translation; Unloaded knee

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LIGAMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; ROTATION;

ARTICULAR SURFACES; GEOMETRIC FEATURES; KNEE JOINT; PASSIVE MOTION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; GEOMETRY;

ARTICULAR SURFACES; GEOMETRIC FEATURE; INTERNAL ROTATIONS; KNEE; MENISCUS; PASSIVE MOTION; UNLOADED KNEE;

ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIA;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE, ARTICULAR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOVEMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIBIA;

EID: 33846279416     PISSN: 09544119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/09544119JEIM180     Document Type: Article

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