The knee joint center of rotation is predominantly on the lateral side during normal walking

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1269-1273

  Koo, Seungbum ^a   Andriacchi, Thomas P ^a,b,c  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Bone and Joint Center   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Center of rotation; Knee kinematics; Knee prosthesis; Lateral pivoting; Medial pivoting; Natural knee movement

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; JOINT PROSTHESES; KINEMATICS;

CENTER OF ROTATION; KNEE KINEMATICS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; NATURAL KNEE MOVEMENT;

BIOMECHANICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMUR; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTATION; TIBIA; WALKING;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; TIBIA; WALKING;

EID: 41749098809     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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