Prediction of three-dimensional contact stress and ligament tension in the ankle during stance determined from computational modeling

Foot and Ankle International

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-185

  Haraguchi, Naoki ^a,b,d   Armiger, Robert S ^a,b   Myerson, Mark S ^a,c   Campbell, John T ^a,c   Chao, Edmund Y S ^a,b  

^a School of Medicine ^*

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN POLICE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ankle; Contact stress; Gait; Ligament tension; Three dimensional study

Indexed keywords

ANKLE LATERAL LIGAMENT; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BIOMECHANICS; CALCANEUS; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MODEL; COMPUTER PREDICTION; CONTACT STRESS; DELTOID MUSCLE; DIGITAL IMAGING; FIBULA; GAIT; MUSCLE FORCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SURFACE PROPERTY; TALUS; WALKING; WEIGHT BEARING; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 60849117253     PISSN: 10711007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3113/FAI-2009-0177     Document Type: Article

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