Is there a biomechanical explanation for anterior knee pain in patients with patella alta? Influence of patellar height on patellofemoral contact force, contact area and contact pressure

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 344-350

  Luyckx, T ^a   Didden, K ^a   Vandenneucker, H ^a   Labey, L ^a   Innocenti, B ^a   Bellemans, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR KNEE PAIN; ARTICLE; FORCE; HEIGHT; JOINT PRESSURE; KNEE DISEASE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE PAIN; PATELLA ALTA; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIMULATION; TENDON; ARTHRALGIA; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; FEMUR; HUMAN; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATELLA; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHRALGIA; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PATELLA; PRESSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 63049119625     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.91B3.21592     Document Type: Article

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