Could passive knee laxity be related to active gait mechanics? An exploratory computational biomechanical study using probabilistic methods

Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 709-720

  Strickland, Michael A ^a   Browne, Martin ^a   Taylor, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computational wear modelling; Knee biomechanics; Probabilistic methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMAN; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY;

BIOMECHANICS; GAIT; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROBABILITY;

EID: 77949906924     PISSN: 10255842     EISSN: 14768259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10255840902895994     Document Type: Article

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