Internal forces and moments in the femur of the rat during gait

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2473-2479

  Wehner, Tim ^a   Wolfram, Uwe ^a   Henzler, Thomas ^b   Niemeyer, Frank ^a   Claes, Lutz ^a   Simon, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Femur; Fracture healing; Internal force; Internal moment; Inverse dynamics; Muscle force; Musculoskeletal model; Rat

Indexed keywords

FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; INTERNAL FORCES; INTERNAL MOMENTS; INVERSE DYNAMICS; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL MODEL;

BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; FRACTURE FIXATION; MUSCLE;

LOADS (FORCES);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; CAUDOFEMORALIS MUSCLE; DISTAL FEMUR; FEMUR; GAIT; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUTEUS MEDIUS MUSCLE; GROUND REACTION FORCE; HINDLIMB; INTERFRAGMENTARY MOVEMENT; INTERNAL FORCE; INTERNAL MOMENT; JOINT ANGLE; KINEMATICS; LEG MUSCLE; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MODEL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FORCE; MUSCULOSKELETAL LOAD; NONHUMAN; OBTURATORIUS EXTENSOR MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL FEMUR; RAT; RECTUS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SHEAR FORCE; STANDING; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWING PHASE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; TIBIALIS POSTERIOR MUSCLE; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; X RAY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; FEMUR; FRACTURE HEALING; GAIT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 77956410533     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.05.028     Document Type: Article

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