Regulation of the patellofemoral contact area: An essential mechanism in patellofemoral joint mechanics?

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3237-3239

  Goudakos, Ioannis G ^a   König, Christian ^a   Schöttle, Philip B ^b   Taylor, William R ^a   Hoffmann, Jan Erik ^a   Pöpplau, Berry M ^a   Singh, Navrag B ^a   Duda, Georg N ^a   Heller, Markus O ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact area; Loading; Patellofemoral joint; Pressure; Stair climbing

Indexed keywords

CONTACT AREAS; JOINT REACTION FORCES; KNEE FLEXIONS; LOADING CONDITION; LOW LOAD; MAXIMUM VALUES; MUSCLE FORCE; PATELLOFEMORAL; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PHYSIOLOGICAL LOADINGS; PRESSURE DATA; PRESSURE SENSITIVE FILMS; STAIR CLIMBING; STANCE PHASE;

HUMAN FORM MODELS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LAWS AND LEGISLATION; LOADING; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; STAIRS;

LOADS (FORCES);

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTACT STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT PRESSURE; KNEE FUNCTION; LOADING TEST; MUSCLE FORCE; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATS; GAIT; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PATELLOFEMORAL JOINT; PRESSURE; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78549238858     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.07.029     Document Type: Article

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