Gait alterations in rats following attachment of a device and application of altered knee loading

Journal of Biomechanics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 3227-3231

  Roemhildt, M L ^a   Gardner Morse, M ^a   Rowell, C ^a   Beynnon, B D ^a   Badger, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Gait

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICULAR JOINTS; COMPRESSIVE OVERLOADS; CONTACT MECHANICS; CONTROL GROUPS; DEVICE STATUS; FORCE PLATE; GAIT; GROUND REACTION FORCES; LOADING DEVICES; MEDIAL COMPARTMENT; VERTICAL FORCE;

ANIMALS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); LOADS (FORCES); RATS;

LOADING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTACT STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIT DISORDER; GROUND REACTION FORCE; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOADING TEST; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WALKING;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; EXTREMITIES; GAIT; JOINTS; MODELS, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; WALKING; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 78549249752     PISSN: 00219290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2010.07.036     Document Type: Article

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