The influence of muscle load on tibiofemoral knee kinematics

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 419-428

  Victor, Jan ^a   Labey, Luc ^b   Wong, Pius ^b   Innocenti, Bernardo ^b   Bellemans, Johan ^c  

^a AZ St Lucas ^*  (Belgium)

^b European Centre for Knee Research   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anterior cruciate ligament; Kinematics; Knee; Muscle loading

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; FEMUR; FEMUR CONDYLE; FORCE; HAMSTRING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; KINEMATICS; KNEE; LOAD CARRYING CAPACITY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANGE OF MOTION; SIMULATION; TIBIA; TIBIA TORSION; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; FEMUR; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; TIBIA; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77949529037     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21019     Document Type: Article

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