Relationship between three-dimensional geometry of the trochlear groove and in vivo patellar tracking during weight-bearing knee flexion

Journal of Biomechanical Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Varadarajan, Kartik M ^a,b   Freiberg, Andrew A ^a   Gill, Thomas J ^a   Rubash, Harry E ^a   Li, Guoan ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy; In vivo patellar tracking; Patellofemoral joint; Trochlear groove geometry

Indexed keywords

BASELINE DATA; BEARING CONDITIONS; CORONAL PLANES; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FLUOROSCOPIC IMAGING; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; IN-VIVO; KNEE FLEXIONS; MEDIOLATERAL; MULTIVARIATE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATELLAR TRACKING; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; REGRESSION COEFFICIENT; SHIFT-AND; THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY; TRANSVERSE PLANES;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); FLUORESCENT SCREENS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KNEE; KNEE FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATELLA; RANGE OF MOTION; TILTING; TROCHLEAR SULCUS; WEIGHT BEARING; ADOLESCENT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HISTOLOGY; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSIOLOGY; ROTATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATION; WEIGHT-BEARING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955115202     PISSN: 01480731     EISSN: 15288951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001360     Document Type: Article

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