Evidence of mechanical load redistribution at the knee joint in the elderly when ascending stairs and ramps

Annals of Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 467-476

  Karamanidis, Kiros ^a   Arampatzis, Adamantios ^b  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Gait; Knee adduction moment; Osteoarthritis

Indexed keywords

KINEMATICS; MECHANICS; ROTATION; STAIRS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

3-D KINEMATICS; AGING; DORSIFLEXION; FORCE PLATES; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCES; HIP FLEXIONS; HIP JOINTS; INTERNAL ROTATIONS; JOINT MOMENTS; KNEE ADDUCTION MOMENT; KNEE FLEXIONS; KNEE JOINT LOADINGS; KNEE JOINTS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOAD BEARINGS; LOWER EXTREMITIES; MECHANICAL LOADS; MOTION CAPTURE SYSTEMS; OLDER ADULTS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTORS; STANCE PHASE; TRANSVERSE PLANES;

JOINTS (ANATOMY);

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 59449109755     PISSN: 00906964     EISSN: 15739686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10439-008-9624-7     Document Type: Article

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