Effect of frontal plane tibiofemoral angle on the stress and strain at the knee cartilage during the stance phase of gait

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1539-1547

  Yang, Nicholas H ^a   Nayeb Hashemi, Hamid ^a   Canavan, Paul K ^b,c   Vaziri, Ashkan ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Windham Community Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

finite element method; knee biomechanics; motion analysis; subject specific model; tibiofemoral angle; varus valgus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE STRESS; COMPARTMENT SYNDROME; FEMALE; FEMUR; GAIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNEE; MALE; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; MUSCLE FORCE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION KINETICS; STANDING; TIBIA; VALGUS KNEE; VARUS KNEE; WALKING; BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MECHANICAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BIOMECHANICS; CARTILAGE; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; GAIT; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149492577     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: 1554527X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.21174     Document Type: Article

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