The effect of femoral component malrotation on patellar biomechanics

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 3332-3339

  Kessler, Oliver ^a   Patil, Shantanu ^b   Colwell Jr , Clifford W ^b   D'Lima, Darryl D ^b  

^a Scientific Affairs   (Switzerland)

^b SCRIPPS CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer model; Malalignment; Mobile bearing; Patellar tracking; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KINEMATICS; MECHANICS; MEDICAL IMAGING;

COMPUTER MODEL; MALALIGNMENT; MOBILE BEARING; PATELLAR TRACKING; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

ROTATION;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MALROTATION SYNDROME; MEASUREMENT; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMUR; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PATELLA; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION;

EID: 56749133134     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2008.09.032     Document Type: Article

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