Can in vitro systems capture the characteristic differences between the flexion-extension kinematics of the healthy and TKA knee?

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 899-906

  Varadarajan, Kartik M ^a,b   Harry, Rubash E ^a   Johnson, Todd ^c   Li, Guoan ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c ZIMMER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Knee kinematics; Oxford knee rig; Robotic testing system; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC DIFFERENCE; FLEXION-EXTENSION; FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS; HEALTHY SUBJECTS; IN-VITRO; IN-VIVO; KNEE KINEMATICS; KNEE TESTING; OXFORD KNEE; OXFORD KNEE RIG; PHYSIOLOGIC INTERPRETATION; ROBOTIC TESTING SYSTEM; TIBIAL ROTATIONS; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY;

BIOMECHANICS; INSTRUMENTS; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

KINEMATICS;

BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; KINEMATICS; KNEE FUNCTION; MEDLINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TIBIA TORSION; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT BEARING;

ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; KNEE;

EID: 70349473074     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2009.06.005     Document Type: Review

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