Design Features of Total Knees for Achieving Normal Knee Motion Characteristics

Journal of Arthroplasty

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 475-483

  Walker, Peter S ^a   Sussman Fort, Jonathan M ^b   Yildirim, Gokce ^a   Boyer, Jason ^a  

^a NYU HOSPITAL FOR JOINT DISEASES   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

guided motion knees; knee kinematics; normal knee motion; total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GEOMETRY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; SHEAR STRESS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; KNEE PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR;

EID: 62349124754     PISSN: 08835403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arth.2007.11.002     Document Type: Article

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