Comparison of three standard anatomical reference frames for the tibia-fibula complex

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3384-3389

  Conti, Giorgia ^a,b   Cristofolini, Luca ^a,b   Juszczyk, Mateusz ^a,b   Leardini, Alberto ^a   Viceconti, Marco ^a  

^a RIZZOLI ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anatomical reference frames; In vitro landmarks; In vivo human movement analysis; Shank coordinate system; Tibia fibula complex

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BIOMECHANICS; BIOPHYSICS; BONE; COORDINATE MEASURING MACHINES; GAIT ANALYSIS; MECHANICS; SOOT BLOWERS; TERMINOLOGY;

ANATOMICAL REFERENCE FRAMES; IN VITRO LANDMARKS; IN VIVO HUMAN MOVEMENT ANALYSIS; SHANK COORDINATE SYSTEM; TIBIA-FIBULA COMPLEX;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE ANATOMY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT MOBILITY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIBIA;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBULA; HUMANS; MODELS, ANATOMIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIBIA;

EID: 56549098536     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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